belles-lettres

1. 1.

   creative writing valued for esthetic content

   Synonymsbelles lettres

   Broaderliterary composition

Questions about belles-lettres

What does belles-lettres mean?

belles-lettres means "creative writing valued for esthetic content".

How many syllables are in belles-lettres?

belles-lettres has 3 syllables and divides as belle-s-let-tres under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for belles-lettres?

Close synonyms include belles lettres. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.