letton

See also: Letton

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ.tɔ̃/, /le.tɔ̃/

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Noun

letton m (uncountable)

1. Latvian, the Latvian language

   Certaines reconstructions ont montré que le letton et le lituanien sont les langues encore parlées qui se rapprochent le plus de l’indo-européen.

   Certain reconstructions have shown that Latvian and Lithuanian are the languages still spoken which approach closest to Indo-European.

Adjective

letton (feminine lettonne, masculine plural lettons, feminine plural lettonnes)

1. Latvian

Usage notes

• There is a less common feminine singular form lettone, which is recommended by some dictionaries (e.g. Larousse) by analogy with Lettonie.

Derived terms

• → Portuguese: letão

See also

• Lettonie

Further reading

• “letton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.