homme de lettres
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French homme de lettres, from homme (“man”) + de (“of”) + lettres (“humanities, arts”).
Usage notes
This is a foreign term not fully naturalized in English and is sometimes italicized.
French
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /ɔm də lɛtʁ/
Noun
homme de lettres m (plural hommes de lettres or gens de lettres, feminine femme de lettres)
See also
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