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BELLES LETTRES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does belles lettres mean?
• BELLES LETTRES (noun)
The noun BELLES LETTRES has 1 sense:
1. creative writing valued for esthetic content
Familiarity information: BELLES LETTRES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creative writing valued for esthetic content
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
belles-lettres; belles lettres
Hypernyms ("belles lettres" is a kind of...):
literary composition; literary work (imaginative or creative writing)
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