letters
/ˈlɛtɚz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).
Example Sentences
- "Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago."
- "Though architecture in ancient Rome was not generally considered to belong to the artes liberales, Vitruvius easily qualified as a man of letters because of his wide learning."
- "He read widely throughout these days, for his father had a taste for modern letters, and new books lay littered about the rooms."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɛtɚz/
- British English: /ˈlɛtəz/