letten

Signification (Anglais)

1. (transitive) to pay attention, to mind
2. (transitive) to prevent from doing something, to keep, to stop
3. (dialectal,transitive) to watch, to look, to see

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɛtə(n)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle Dutch letten, from Old Dutch *letten, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Equivalent to laat (“late”) + -en (“deadjectival”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.