non-letter
|non-let-ter|
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/nɑnˈlɛtər/
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/nɒnˈletə/
not a letter
Etymology
'non-letter' is formed from the prefix 'non-' (meaning 'not') combined with 'letter'. 'non-' comes from Latin 'non' meaning 'not', used in English as a productive negative prefix.
'letter' originates from Latin 'littera' > Old French 'lettre' > Middle English 'letter'. The prefix 'non-' was adopted into English via Latin/Old French usage and productive compounding in Modern English to form terms like 'non-letter'.
The components originally meant 'not' and 'letter'; together in Modern English they describe something that is 'not a letter' (i.e., a nonalphabetic character).
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a character that is not a letter of an alphabet, such as a digit, punctuation mark, symbol, or whitespace.
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Adjective 1
not a letter; composed of or relating to characters other than letters.
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Last updated: 2025/12/27 04:04