letter

lettre

Signe écrit, comme a, b ou c, qui sert à former des mots.

En anglais simple : A written sign, such as a, b, or c, used to form words.

• Write the first letter of your name.
• This word has six letters.
• Is that a capital letter?

Synonymes : character

Expressions courantes : capital letter, letter of something

lettre, courrier

Message écrit envoyé à quelqu’un, souvent sur du papier.

En anglais simple : A written message that you send to someone, often on paper.

• I got a letter today.
• She sent her brother a long letter.
• Have you read the letters from your grandmother?

Comment l'utiliser : letter to someone (I wrote a letter to my cousin.); letter from someone (There is a letter from the school.)

Synonymes : bookstaff, ltr

Expressions courantes : write a letter, letter to someone

lettres, littérature

La littérature et l’écriture d’œuvres littéraires ; ce sens s’emploie généralement au pluriel en anglais.

En anglais simple : Literature and the activity of writing it, usually expressed with the plural form.

• She devoted her life to letters.
• He was respected as a man of letters.
• The university honored her contribution to letters.

Synonymes : literature

Expressions courantes : letter and science, letter and art

bailleur

Personne qui laisse quelqu’un utiliser une chambre ou un bien immobilier contre paiement.

En anglais simple : A person who allows someone to use a room or property in return for payment.

• The letter of the room collected the rent.
• She earned money as a letter of lodgings.
• The tenant negotiated with the letter of the house.

Synonymes : landlord, lessor

Contraires : tenant

Expressions courantes : letter of rooms, letter of property