lettering

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lettering

  • /ˈlɛt.ə.ɹɪŋ/ US, UK
  • /ˈlet.ə.ɹɪŋ/ Australia
  • [ˈleɾ.ə.ɹɪŋ] Australia

Rhymes with -ɛtəɹɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of letter

noun letterings

  1. countable, uncountable Written text, especially when printed. The lettering on the sign made it clear that intruders were unwelcome.
  2. countable, uncountable Designed text. The lettering on the sign was very tidy.
  3. countable, uncountable The inking of text onto comic pages during production.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: inscription, handwriting, typeface, writing, print, type, character, registration, trait, font, purple, violet, characteristics, calligraphy, typography, characters

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noun written text

Françaislettrage, caractère
DeutschBeschriften, Beschriftung

noun designed text

DeutschBeschriftung, Schriftzug

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"lettering." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lettering. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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lettering. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lettering

Chicago

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@misc{lettering_2026,
  title = {lettering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lettering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}