Word: belles-lettres

Synonyms: belles-lettres

belles lettres

Translations: belles-lettres

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spanish
Translations:
bellas letras, las bellas letras
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german
Translations:
Belletristik, schönen Literatur, schöne Literatur, der schönen Literatur, schönen Wissenschaften
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french
Translations:
les belles-lettres, belles lettres, belles- lettres
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italian
Translations:
belles
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portuguese
Translations:
belas-letras, belas letras
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dutch
Translations:
bellettrie, schone letteren
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russian
Translations:
художественная литература, Беллетристика, беллетристикой, художественную литературу
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norwegian
Translations:
Belles Lettres
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swedish
Translations:
belles, skön, Vitter
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finnish
Translations:
kaunokirjallisuus, kaunokirjallisen
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danish
Translations:
Belles-
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czech
Translations:
krásná literatura
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polish
Translations:
beletrystyka, literatura piękna
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hungarian
Translations:
szépirodalom, szépirodalmi
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turkish
Translations:
belles, Belas
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greek
Translations:
Γραμμάτων
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ukrainian
Translations:
художня література, художньої літератури, художественная литература, Книжки Художня література, духовна література
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albanian
Translations:
belles, letërsi, stil i të folurit, stil i, i të folurit
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bulgarian
Translations:
Белетристика
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belarusian
Translations:
мастацкая, Художественная, мастацкае
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estonian
Translations:
Ilukirjandus
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croatian
Translations:
Beletristika
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icelandic
Translations:
belles
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lithuanian
Translations:
beletristika, grožinė literatūra
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latvian
Translations:
daiļliteratūra
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macedonian
Translations:
Belles
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romanian
Translations:
belles
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slovenian
Translations:
Leposlovje
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slovak
Translations:
krásna, krásne, Beautiful, krásná

The meaning and "use of": belles-lettres

noun
  • essays, particularly of literary and artistic criticism, written and read primarily for their aesthetic effect. - 'With an Essay on Style' and 'Essays from the Guardian' encapsulate his engagement with Victorian periodical journalism and belles-lettres .
  • literature considered as a fine art. - So if the peer group is the Court, the discourse appropriate to such a dispersed social sphere would be belles-lettres .
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