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belles-lettres — elegant literature, aesthetics, 1710, French, lit. fine letters, from belles, plural of belle, fem. of beau fine, beautiful (see BEAU (Cf. beau)) + lettres, plural of lettre letter (see LETTER (Cf. letter)). The literary equivalent of bea … Etymology dictionary
belles-let|tres — «BEHL LEHT ruh», noun (plural). 1. the finer forms of literature, especially poetry or essays. Fiction and other types of imaginative literature are sometimes also meant by the term, but never writing which is explicitly educational or… … Useful english dictionary
belles-lettres — belles let•tres fr. [[t]bɛlˈlɛ trə[/t]] n. lit. (used with a sing. v.) literature that is polished and elegant and often inconsequential in subject or scope • Etymology: 1700–10;< F: lit., fine letters. See belle, letter bel•let′rist trɪst n.… … From formal English to slang
belles-lettres — [bel le′tr , le′trə] pl.n. [Fr, lit., beautiful letters, fine literature] literature as one of the fine arts; imaginative writings as distinguished from technical and scientific writings, esp. when characterized by a polished, highly literary… … English World dictionary
Letters on the English — Infobox Book name = Letters on the English title orig = Lettres écrites de Londres sur les Anglois, et autres sujets translator = image caption = Title page from 1734 edition of Letters on the English author = Voltaire illustrator = cover artist … Wikipedia
Belles-lettres — See also Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres .Belles lettres or belles lettres is a term that is used to describe a category of writing. A writer of belles lettres is a belletrist. However the boundaries of that category vary in different … Wikipedia
Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle — Die Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent. sind das literarische Erstlingswerk des amerikanischen Schriftstellers Washington Irving (1783 1859). Die neun humoristischen Essays, vorgeblich Leserbriefe eines „Jonathan Oldstyle“, erschienen zwischen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
belles lettres — noun creative writing valued for esthetic content • Syn: ↑belles lettres • Hypernyms: ↑literary composition, ↑literary work * * * bellet(rə), le.tr(ə) noun plural but singular in construction … Useful english dictionary
belles-lettres — Synonyms and related words: French literature, Renaissance literature, ancient literature, classics, contemporary literature, erotic literature, erotica, folk literature, humane letters, kitsch, letters, literature, medieval literature, national… … Moby Thesaurus
letters — Synonyms and related words: French literature, IPA, ITA, Initial Teaching Alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, Renaissance literature, account, alphabet, alphabetics, ancient literature, annals, belles lettres, bibliolatry, bibliomania,… … Moby Thesaurus
letters — n. belles lettres, high quality literature, classic literature; writing or literature as a vocation; knowledge (mainly of literature); academic achievement, profound knowledge let·ter || letÉ™(r) n. character which is part of an alphabet;… … English contemporary dictionary
