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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesépistolaire
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /e.pis.tɔ.lɛʁ/
"Le roman épistolaire permet de découvrir les pensées intimes des personnages."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to or contained in letters.
"The historian uncovered a rich epistolary collection detailing the daily struggles of the soldiers." - 2
Carried on by means of letters; consisting of letters.
"Their decades-long friendship was maintained entirely through an engaging epistolary exchange."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'epistolarius', relating to an epistle, which traces back to the Greek 'epistolē' meaning message or letter. It entered the English language in the early 17th century to describe literary works written in the form of letters.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Epistolary" is said worldwide
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épistolaire
Transliteration: /e.pis.tɔ.lɛʁ/
"Le roman épistolaire permet de découvrir les pensées intimes des personnages."
epistolarisch
Transliteration: /e.pɪs.toˈlaː.ʁɪʃ/
"Der Autor nutzte einen epistolaren Stil für sein neues Buch."
epistolare
Transliteration: /e.pi.stoˈla.re/
"Un romanzo epistolare è composto da una serie di lettere."
epistolar
Transliteration: /e.pis.toˈlaɾ/
"La obra tiene un formato epistolar muy original."
epistolar
Transliteration: /e.piʃ.tuˈlaɾ/
"O romance epistolar revela a narrativa através de correspondências."
पत्र-संबंधी
Transliteration: patra-sambandhi
"यह उपन्यास एक पत्र-संबंधी शैली में लिखा गया है।"
书信体的
Transliteration: shūxìn tǐ de
"这部小说采用书信体的形式。"
서한체의
Transliteration: seohan-che-ui
"그 소설은 독특한 서한체의 형식을 띠고 있다."
書簡体の
Transliteration: shokantai no
"その小説は書簡体の形式で書かれている。"
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