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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈlɛtə/
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• General-American: /ˈlɛtɚ/
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• General-American: [-ɾɚ]
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• Australian: /ˈletə/
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• Australian: [-ɾə]
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• South-Asia: /ˈlɛʈ(ː)ər/
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• rhymes with -ɛtə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: L EH1 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English letter, lettre, from Old French letre, from Latin littera (“letter of the alphabet"; in plural, "epistle”). Displaced Old English bōcstæf (literally “book staff”) in sense 1 and ǣrendġewrit (literally “message writing”) in sense 2.

From Middle English letere, equivalent to let + -er.

497 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: letter — a symbol in an alphabet
• Albanian: shkronjë — a symbol in an alphabet
• Amharic: ፊደል (fidäl) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Arabic: حَرْف (ḥarf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Arabic: حرف (ḥarf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Arabic: حرف (ḥarf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܬܘܼܬܵܐ (atuta) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Armenian: տառ (taṙ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Armenian: գիր (gir) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Assamese: আখৰ (akhor) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Asturian: lletra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Avar: хӏарп (ḥrarp) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Azerbaijani: hərf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Bashkir: хәреф (xəref) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Basque: letra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Belarusian: лі́тара (lítara) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Bengali: অক্ষর (okkhor) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Bengali: হরফ (horoph) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Breton: lizherenn — a symbol in an alphabet
• Bulgarian: бу́ква (búkva) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Burmese: အက္ခရာ (akhka.ra) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Catalan: lletra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Catalan: caràcter — a symbol in an alphabet
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵙⴽⴽⵉⵍ (askkil) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chechen: элп (elp) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chichewa: lemba — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chinese Cantonese: 字母 (zi6 mou5) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chinese Cantonese: 字 (zi6) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chinese: зыму (zɨmu) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chinese: зы (zɨ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Eastern Min Chinese: 字母 (cê-mō̤) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Hakka Chinese: 字母 (sṳ-mû) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chinese: 字母 (lī-bú / jī-bó / jī-bú) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chinese: 字 (lī / jī) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chinese Mandarin: 字母 (zìmǔ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chinese Mandarin: 字 (zì) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chinese Mandarin: 文字 (wénzì) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Wu Chinese: 字母 (6zy-mu) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Wu Chinese: 字 — a symbol in an alphabet
• Chuvash: саспалли (saspalli) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ngazidja Comorian: harufu — a symbol in an alphabet
• Czech: písmeno — a symbol in an alphabet
• Dalmatian: latera — a symbol in an alphabet
• Danish: bogstav — a symbol in an alphabet
• Dhivehi: އަކުރު (akuru) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Central Dusun: pimato — a symbol in an alphabet
• Dutch: letter — a symbol in an alphabet
• Dutch: karakter — a symbol in an alphabet
• Dutch: letterteken — a symbol in an alphabet
• Dutch: boekstaaf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Esperanto: litero — a symbol in an alphabet
• Estonian: täht — a symbol in an alphabet
• Estonian: kirjatäht — a symbol in an alphabet
• Estonian: aabe — a symbol in an alphabet
• Estonian: pookstav — a symbol in an alphabet
• Faroese: bókstavur — a symbol in an alphabet
• Faroese: stavur — a symbol in an alphabet
• Fijian: vola — a symbol in an alphabet
• Finnish: kirjain — a symbol in an alphabet
• Finnish: aakkonen — a symbol in an alphabet
• French: lettre — a symbol in an alphabet
• French: caractère — a symbol in an alphabet
• Friulian: letare — a symbol in an alphabet
• Friulian: lètare — a symbol in an alphabet
• Fula: 𞤢𞤤𞤳𞤵𞤤𞤢𞤤 — a symbol in an alphabet
• Fula: 𞤸𞤢𞤪𞤬𞤵 — a symbol in an alphabet
• Fula: alkulal — a symbol in an alphabet
• Fula: harfu — a symbol in an alphabet
• Galician: letra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Georgian: ასო (aso) — a symbol in an alphabet
• German: Buchstabe — a symbol in an alphabet
• German: Letter — a symbol in an alphabet
• German: Buchstabe — a symbol in an alphabet
• Greek: γράμμα (grámma) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ancient Greek: γράμμα (grámma) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Gujarati: અક્ષર (akṣar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Gujarati: હરફ (haraph) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Haitian Creole: lèt — a symbol in an alphabet
• Hawaiian: hua palapala — a symbol in an alphabet
• Hebrew: אוֹת (ot) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Hindi: अक्षर (akṣar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Hindi: लिपि (lipi) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Hindi: वर्ण (varṇ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Hindi: आखर (ākhar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Hindi: अखर (akhar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Hungarian: betű — a symbol in an alphabet
• Icelandic: bókstafur — a symbol in an alphabet
• Icelandic: stafur — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ilocano: kurdit — a symbol in an alphabet
• Indonesian: huruf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ingrian: bukva — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ingrian: aampuussen — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ingrian: kirjamerkki — a symbol in an alphabet
• Interlingua: littera — a symbol in an alphabet
• Interlingua: litera — a symbol in an alphabet
• Irish: litir — a symbol in an alphabet
• Italian: lettera — a symbol in an alphabet
• Italian: carattere — a symbol in an alphabet
• Italian: lettera dell'alfabeto — a symbol in an alphabet
• Japanese: 文字 (moji) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Japanese: 字 (ji) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Javanese: aksara — a symbol in an alphabet
• Old Javanese: akṣara — a symbol in an alphabet
• Jeju: 글ᄌᆞ (geuljaw) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Kabyle: asekkil — a symbol in an alphabet
• Kalmyk: үзг (üzg) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Kannada: ಅಕ್ಷರ (akṣara) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Kazakh: әріп (ärıp) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Khmer: តួអក្សរ (tuə ʼaksɑɑ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Khmer: អក្សរ (ʼaksɑɑ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Korean: 문자 (munja) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Korean: 글씨 (geulssi) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Korean: 글자 (geulja) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Kumyk: гьарп (harp) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Central Kurdish: پیت (pît) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Kyrgyz: тамга (tamga) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Kyrgyz: арип (arip) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lao: ຕົວ (tūa) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lao: ຕົວອັກສອນ (tūa ʼak sǭn) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lao: ອັກສອນ (ʼak sǭn) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lao: ອັກຂະຣະ (ʼak kha ra) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lao: ຫນັງສື (nang sư̄) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lao: ຕົວຫນັງສື (tūa nang sư̄) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lao: ອັກຂະລະ (ʼak kha la) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Latgalian: liters — a symbol in an alphabet
• Latin: littera — a symbol in an alphabet
• Latvian: burts — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lithuanian: raidė — a symbol in an alphabet
• Low German: Bookstaav — a symbol in an alphabet
• Low German: Bookstoov — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lü: ᦟᦲᧅ (liik) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Luxembourgish: Buschtaf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Macedonian: буква (bukva) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Malagasy: litera — a symbol in an alphabet
• Malay: huruf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Malayalam: അക്ഷരം (akṣaraṁ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Maltese: ittra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Manchu: ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (hergen) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Marathi: अक्षर (akṣar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Marwari: आखर (ākhar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Marwari: अच्छर (acchar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Mauritian Creole: let — a symbol in an alphabet
• Mongolian: үсэг (üseg) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Mongolian: ᠦᠰᠦᠭ (üsüg) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Nepali: अक्षर (akṣar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Norman: lettre — a symbol in an alphabet
• Norwegian Bokmål: bokstav — a symbol in an alphabet
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bokstav — a symbol in an alphabet
• Occitan: letra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Occitan: caractèr — a symbol in an alphabet
• Odia: ଲିପି (lipi) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Odia: ଅକ୍ଷର (akshara) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ojibwe: ozhibiiʼiganens — a symbol in an alphabet
• Church Slavic: боукꙑ (buky) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Church Slavic: писмѧ (pismę) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Old East Slavic: бꙋкꙑ (buky) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Old East Slavic: чьрта (čĭrta) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Old English: stæf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Old English: bōcstæf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Old Norse: bókstafr — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ossetian: дамгъӕ (damǧæ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Pali: akkhara — a symbol in an alphabet
• Pannonian Rusyn: буква (bukva) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Pashto: حرف (harf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Dari: حَرْف (harf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Iranian Persian: حَرْف (harf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Iranian Persian: نِویسِه (nevise) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Iranian Persian: وات (vât) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Piedmontese: litra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Plautdietsch: Büakstow (nds) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Polish: litera — a symbol in an alphabet
• Portuguese: letra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Punjabi: ਅੱਖਰ (akkhar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Punjabi: ਹਰਫ਼ (haraf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Rapa Nui: ti'ara'a — a symbol in an alphabet
• Romagnol: lètra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Romanian: literă — a symbol in an alphabet
• Romanian: caracter — a symbol in an alphabet
• Romansh: letra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Romansh: bustab — a symbol in an alphabet
• Romansh: custab — a symbol in an alphabet
• Russian: бу́ква (búkva) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Russian: ли́тера (lítera) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Skolt-Sami: bukva — a symbol in an alphabet
• Skolt-Sami: ǩeʹrjj — a symbol in an alphabet
• Sanskrit: वर्ण (varṇa) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Sanskrit: अक्षर (akṣara) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Sardinian: lítara — a symbol in an alphabet
• Sardinian: lítera — a symbol in an alphabet
• Scottish Gaelic: litir — a symbol in an alphabet
• Serbo-Croatian: сло̏во — a symbol in an alphabet
• Serbo-Croatian: бу̏ква — a symbol in an alphabet
• Serbo-Croatian: slȍvo — a symbol in an alphabet
• Serbo-Croatian: bȕkva — a symbol in an alphabet
• Shan: လိၵ်ႈ (līk) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Sicilian: littra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Sicilian: lìttira — a symbol in an alphabet
• Sindhi: اکر (ākhr) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Sinhalese: අකුර (akura) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Slovak: písmeno — a symbol in an alphabet
• Slovene: črka — a symbol in an alphabet
• Somali: xaraf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Lower Sorbian: pismik — a symbol in an alphabet
• Upper Sorbian: pismik — a symbol in an alphabet
• Southern Altai: танык (tanïk) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Spanish: letra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Spanish: carácter — a symbol in an alphabet
• Swahili: herufi — a symbol in an alphabet
• Swedish: bokstav — a symbol in an alphabet
• Tabasaran: гьярф (hjarf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Tagalog: titik — a symbol in an alphabet
• Tagalog: letra — a symbol in an alphabet
• Tajik: ҳарф (harf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Tamil: எழுத்து (eḻuttu) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Tatar: хәреф (xäref) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Telugu: అక్షరము (akṣaramu) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Thai: ตัวอักษร (dtuua-àk-sɔ̌ɔn) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Thai: อักษร (àk-sɔ̌ɔn) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Thai: อักขระ (àk-kà-rà) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Thai: ตัวหนังสือ (dtuua-nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Thai: หนังสือ (nǎng-sʉ̌ʉ) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Tibetan: ཡི་གེ (yi ge) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Tigrinya: ፊደል (fidäl) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Tok Pisin: leta — a symbol in an alphabet
• Turkish: harf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ottoman Turkish: حرف (harf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Turkmen: harp — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ukrainian: бу́ква (búkva) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Ukrainian: лі́тера (lítera) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Urdu: حَرْف (harf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Urdu: اَکْشَر (akśar) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Uyghur: ھەرپ (herp) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Uzbek: harf — a symbol in an alphabet
• Venetan: łétara — a symbol in an alphabet
• Venetan: létara — a symbol in an alphabet
• Venetan: létera — a symbol in an alphabet
• Vietnamese: chữ cái — a symbol in an alphabet
• Vietnamese: kí tự — a symbol in an alphabet
• Vilamovian: büchśtaow — a symbol in an alphabet
• Volapük: tonat — a symbol in an alphabet
• Volapük: tonab — a symbol in an alphabet
• Walloon: lete — a symbol in an alphabet
• Welsh: llythyren — a symbol in an alphabet
• Wutunhua: yegai — a symbol in an alphabet
• Yaghnobi: ҳарф (harf) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Yiddish: אות (os) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Yiddish: אָס (os) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Yiddish: בוכשטאַב (bukhshtab) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Yoruba: lẹ́tà — a symbol in an alphabet
• Zazaki: herf (diq) — a symbol in an alphabet
• Zhuang: cihmeh — a symbol in an alphabet
• Afrikaans: brief — written message — see also missive
• Ainu: カンピ (kampi) — written message — see also missive
• Aklanon: sueat — written message — see also missive
• Albanian: letër — written message — see also missive
• Southern Altai: кат (kat) — written message — see also missive
• Amharic: ደብዳቤ (däbdabe) — written message — see also missive
• Arabic: رِسَالَة (risāla) — written message — see also missive
• Arabic: مَكْتُوب (maktūb) — written message — see also missive
• Arabic: جواب (gawāb) — written message — see also missive
• Hassaniya Arabic: براوة (bṛāwa) — written message — see also missive
• Arabic: برية (briyya) — written message — see also missive
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܓܲܪܬܵܐ (ʾigārta) — written message — see also missive
• Armenian: նամակ (namak) — written message — see also missive
• Aromanian: scriturã — written message — see also missive
• Aromanian: scripturã — written message — see also missive
• Aromanian: scriitoari — written message — see also missive
• Assamese: চিঠি (sithi) — written message — see also missive
• Asturian: carta — written message — see also missive
• Aukan: biifi — written message — see also missive
• Azerbaijani: məktub — written message — see also missive
• Bashkir: хат (xat) — written message — see also missive
• Basque: eskutitz — written message — see also missive
• Belarusian: ліст (list) — written message — see also missive
• Belarusian: пісьмо́ (pisʹmó) — written message — see also missive
• Bengali: চিঠি (ciṭhi) — written message — see also missive
• Bhojpuri: चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī) — written message — see also missive
• Bulgarian: писмо́ (pismó) — written message — see also missive
• Burmese: စာ (ca) — written message — see also missive
• Buryat: бэшэг (bešeg) — written message — see also missive
• Carpathian Rusyn: пи́смо (pýsmo) — written message — see also missive
• Catalan: carta — written message — see also missive
• Cebuano: sulat — written message — see also missive
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⴱⵔⴰⵜ (tabrat) — written message — see also missive
• Chechen: кехат (kexat) — written message — see also missive
• Cherokee: ᎪᏪᎵ (goweli) — written message — see also missive
• Chichewa: kalata — written message — see also missive
• Chinese Cantonese: 信 (seon3) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese Cantonese: 書信 /书信 (syu1 seon3) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese Cantonese: 尺牘 /尺牍 (cek3 duk6) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese: фущин (fuxin) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese: фузы (fuzɨ) — written message — see also missive
• Eastern Min Chinese: 批 (piĕ) — written message — see also missive
• Eastern Min Chinese: 信 (séng) — written message — see also missive
• Gan Chinese: 信 (xin4) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese: 批 (phoe, phe) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese: 批信 (phoe-sìn, phe-sìn) — written message — see also missive
• Jin Chinese: 信 (xing3) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese Mandarin: 信 (xìn) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese Mandarin: 信件 (xìnjiàn) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese Mandarin: 書信 /书信 (shūxìn) — written message — see also missive
• Chinese Mandarin: 尺牘 /尺牍 (chǐdú) — written message — see also missive
• Northern Min Chinese: 信 (se̿ng) — written message — see also missive
• Wu Chinese: 信 — written message — see also missive
• Wu Chinese: 書信 /书信 (1sy-shin) — written message — see also missive
• Xiang Chinese: 信 (sin4) — written message — see also missive
• Chuvash: ҫыру (śyru) — written message — see also missive
• Cornish: lyther — written message — see also missive
• Czech: dopis — written message — see also missive
• Danish: brev — written message — see also missive
• Dutch: brief — written message — see also missive
• Esperanto: letero — written message — see also missive
• Estonian: kiri — written message — see also missive
• Even: дукун (dukun) — written message — see also missive
• Evenki: дукувун (dukuwun) — written message — see also missive
• Faroese: bræv — written message — see also missive
• Finnish: kirje — written message — see also missive
• French: lettre — written message — see also missive
• North Frisian: bräif — written message — see also missive
• North Frisian: briaf — written message — see also missive
• Friulian: letare — written message — see also missive
• Friulian: lètare — written message — see also missive
• Fula: 𞤩𞤢𞤼𞤢𞥄𞤳𞤫 — written message — see also missive
• Fula: 𞤳𞤵𞤪𞤵𞤴𞤫𞥅 — written message — see also missive
• Fula: bataake — written message — see also missive
• Fula: kuruyee — written message — see also missive
• Galician: carta — written message — see also missive
• Georgian: წერილი (c̣erili) — written message — see also missive
• Georgian: ბარათი (barati) — written message — see also missive
• Georgian: უსტარი (usṭari) — written message — see also missive
• German: Brief — written message — see also missive
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍀𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌴 (aipistaulē) — written message — see also missive
• Greek: επιστολή (epistolí) — written message — see also missive
• Greek: γράμμα (grámma) — written message — see also missive
• Ancient Greek: ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) — written message — see also missive
• Greenlandic: allakkat — written message — see also missive
• Gujarati: પત્ર (patra) — written message — see also missive
• Gujarati: ચિઠ્ઠી (ciṭhṭhī) — written message — see also missive
• Hausa: wàsīƙā̀ — written message — see also missive
• Hawaiian: leka — written message — see also missive
• Hebrew: מִכְתָּב (mikhtáv) — written message — see also missive
• Hebrew: אִיגֶּרֶת ('igéret) — written message — see also missive
• Hindi: पत्र (patra) — written message — see also missive
• Hindi: चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī) — written message — see also missive
• Hindi: लेख (lekh) — written message — see also missive
• Hindi: उत्तर (uttar) — written message — see also missive
• Hindi: पत्रिका (patrikā) — written message — see also missive
• Hungarian: levél — written message — see also missive
• Icelandic: bréf — written message — see also missive
• Icelandic: sendibréf — written message — see also missive
• Ido: letro — written message — see also missive
• Indonesian: surat — written message — see also missive
• Interlingua: littera — written message — see also missive
• Irish: litir — written message — see also missive
• Italian: lettera — written message — see also missive
• Japanese: 手紙 (tegami) — written message — see also missive
• Javanese: layang — written message — see also missive
• Old Javanese: surat — written message — see also missive
• Kabyle: tabrat — written message — see also missive
• Kalmyk: бичг (biçg) — written message — see also missive
• Kanakanabu: tingami — written message — see also missive
• Kannada: ಪತ್ರ (patra) — written message — see also missive
• Kazakh: хат (xat) — written message — see also missive
• Khmer: សំបុត្រ (sɑmbot) — written message — see also missive
• Khmer: ចុតហ្មាយ (cotmaay) — written message — see also missive
• Khmer: សារ (saa) — written message — see also missive
• Kikuyu: irũa — written message — see also missive
• Kituba: mukanda — written message — see also missive
• Konkani: पत्र (patra) — written message — see also missive
• Korean: 편지 (pyeonji) — written message — see also missive
• Korean: 편지 (pyeonji) — written message — see also missive
• Kumyk: хат (xat) — written message — see also missive
• Central Kurdish: نامە — written message — see also missive
• Northern Kurdish: name — written message — see also missive
• Northern Kurdish: mektûb — written message — see also missive
• Kyrgyz: кат (kat) — written message — see also missive
• Lao: ຈົດຫມາຍ (chot māi) — written message — see also missive
• Lao: ສາລາ (sā lā) — written message — see also missive
• Latin: epistula — written message — see also missive
• Latin: litterae — written message — see also missive
• Latvian: vēstule — written message — see also missive
• Lingala: mokandá — written message — see also missive
• Lingala: mokanda — written message — see also missive
• Lithuanian: laiškas — written message — see also missive
• Low German: Breef — written message — see also missive
• Lü: ᦟᦻ (laay) — written message — see also missive
• Luxembourgish: Bréif — written message — see also missive
• Macedonian: писмо (pismo) — written message — see also missive
• Malay: surat — written message — see also missive
• Malayalam: കത്ത് (kattŭ) — written message — see also missive
• Maltese: ittra — written message — see also missive
• Manchu: ᠵᠠᠰᡳᡤᠠᠨ (jasigan) — written message — see also missive
• Marathi: पत्र (patra) — written message — see also missive
• Eastern Mari: серыш (seryš) — written message — see also missive
• Mongolian: захиа (zaxia) — written message — see also missive
• Mongolian: захидал (zaxidal) — written message — see also missive
• Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (ǰaqiy-a) — written message — see also missive
• Mongolian: ᠵᠠᠬᠢᠳᠠᠯ (ǰaqidal) — written message — see also missive
• Classical Nahuatl: āmatlahcuilōlli — written message — see also missive
• Nepali: पत्र (patra) — written message — see also missive
• Ngombe (Congo): mokanda — written message — see also missive
• Norman: lettre — written message — see also missive
• Norwegian Bokmål: brev — written message — see also missive
• Norwegian Nynorsk: brev — written message — see also missive
• Occitan: letra — written message — see also missive
• Odia: ଚିଠି (ciṭhi) — written message — see also missive
• Ojibwe: mazinaʼigan — written message — see also missive
• Old English: ǣrendġewrit — written message — see also missive
• Pannonian Rusyn: писмо (pismo) — written message — see also missive
• Pashto: خط (xat) — written message — see also missive
• Pashto: مکتوب (maktūb) — written message — see also missive
• Dari: نَامَه (nāma) — written message — see also missive
• Dari: مَکْتُوب (maktūb) — written message — see also missive
• Dari: رِسَالَه (risāla) — written message — see also missive
• Iranian Persian: نامِه (nâme) — written message — see also missive
• Iranian Persian: مَکْتوب (maktub) — written message — see also missive
• Iranian Persian: رِسالِه (resâle) — written message — see also missive
• Plautdietsch: Breef — written message — see also missive
• Polish: list — written message — see also missive
• Portuguese: carta — written message — see also missive
• Punjabi: ਖ਼ਤ (xat) — written message — see also missive
• Punjabi: ਪੱਤਰ (pattar) — written message — see also missive
• Punjabi: ਚਿੱਠੀ (ciṭṭhī) — written message — see also missive
• Quechua: chaski qillqa — written message — see also missive
• Romanian: scrisoare — written message — see also missive
• Romansh: brev — written message — see also missive
• Romansh: breav — written message — see also missive
• Romansh: charta — written message — see also missive
• Russian: письмо́ (pisʹmó) — written message — see also missive
• Russian: посла́ние (poslánije) — written message — see also missive
• Northern Sami: reive — written message — see also missive
• Sanskrit: पत्रिका (patrikā) — written message — see also missive
• Scottish Gaelic: litir — written message — see also missive
• Serbo-Croatian: пи́смо — written message — see also missive
• Serbo-Croatian: písmo — written message — see also missive
• Shan: လိၵ်ႈ (līk) — written message — see also missive
• Sindhi: چٺي (cṭhe) — written message — see also missive
• Slovak: list — written message — see also missive
• Slovene: pismo — written message — see also missive
• Lower Sorbian: list — written message — see also missive
• Sotho: lengolo — written message — see also missive
• Spanish: carta — written message — see also missive
• Sranan Tongo: brifi — written message — see also missive
• Svan: ლა̈ირ (läir) — written message — see also missive
• Swahili: barua — written message — see also missive
• Swahili: waraka — written message — see also missive
• Swedish: brev — written message — see also missive
• Tagalog: liham — written message — see also missive
• Tagalog: sulat — written message — see also missive
• Tajik: нома (noma) — written message — see also missive
• Tajik: мактуб (maktub) — written message — see also missive
• Tamil: கடுதாசி (kaṭutāci) — written message — see also missive
• Tashelhit: tabrat — written message — see also missive
• Tatar: хат (xat) — written message — see also missive
• Telugu: లేఖ (lēkha) — written message — see also missive
• Telugu: ఉత్తరము (uttaramu) — written message — see also missive
• Telugu: జాబు (jābu) — written message — see also missive
• Tetum: karta — written message — see also missive
• Tetum: surat — written message — see also missive
• Thai: จดหมาย (jòt-mǎai) — written message — see also missive
• Tibetan: ཡི་གེ (yi ge) — written message — see also missive
• Tibetan: ཕྱག་བྲིས (phyag bris) — written message — see also missive
• Tigrinya: ደብዳበ (däbdabä) — written message — see also missive
• Tocharian B: parso — written message — see also missive
• Tok Pisin: leta — written message — see also missive
• Tumbuka: kalata — written message — see also missive
• Turkish: mektup — written message — see also missive
• Turkish: risale — written message — see also missive
• Ottoman Turkish: مكتوب (mektub) — written message — see also missive
• Turkmen: hat — written message — see also missive
• Udmurt: гожтэт (gožtet) — written message — see also missive
• Ukrainian: лист (lyst) — written message — see also missive
• Urdu: خَط (xat) — written message — see also missive
• Urdu: پَتْر (patr) — written message — see also missive
• Urdu: مَکْتُوب (maktūb) — written message — see also missive
• Urdu: چِٹّھی (ciṭṭhī) — written message — see also missive
• Urdu: نامَہ (nāma) — written message — see also missive
• Urdu: کاغَذ (kāġaz) — written message — see also missive
• Urdu: مُراسَلَہ (murāsala) — written message — see also missive
• Urdu: رُقْعَہ (ruq'a) — written message — see also missive
• Urdu: صَحِیفَہ (sahīfa) — written message — see also missive
• Uyghur: خەت (xet) — written message — see also missive
• Uzbek: xat — written message — see also missive
• Venetan: łétara — written message — see also missive
• Venetan: létara — written message — see also missive
• Venetan: létera — written message — see also missive
• Vietnamese: thư — written message — see also missive
• Volapük: pened — written message — see also missive
• Volapük: penedil — written message — see also missive
• Walloon: lete — written message — see also missive
• Welsh: llythyr — written message — see also missive
• Yaghnobi: мактуб (maktub) — written message — see also missive
• Yiddish: בריוו (briv) — written message — see also missive
• Yoruba: lẹ́tà — written message — see also missive
• Yoruba: ìwé — written message — see also missive
• Bulgarian: наемодател (naemodatel) — one who lets
• Bulgarian: надписвам (nadpisvam) — to print, inscribe, or paint letters