a French letter

(informal, old-fashioned)

a thin rubber covering that a man can wear on his penis during sex to stop a woman becoming pregnant or to protect him or his partner against infectious diseases In those days, French letters were the only form of contraceptive we had.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
D'artagnan	-	Literature
Chike	-	Western African, Igbo
Olympias	-	Ancient Greek
Nahia	-	Basque
Compton	['kɔmptən]
Nidia	-	Spanish