lettre de noblesse

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛ.tʁə d(ə) nɔ.blɛs/ ~ /le.tʁə d(ə) nɔ.blɛs/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

lettre de noblesse f (plural lettres de noblesse)

  1. letters patent of nobility
  2. (plural only, figuratively) good reputation
    Synonym: se faire une réputation
    acquérir, obtenir, conquérir ses lettres de noblesse ― to earn one's stripes, to win one's spurs, to build one's reputation

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.