Letter (alphabet)/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Letter (alphabet).

Symbol in an alphabetic script, usually denoting one or more phonemes; for example, in the English alphabet the letter <a> can represent the phoneme /æ/ as in mat and /eɪ/ as in mate.