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
Ebbe	EB-be (Swedish), E-bə (German)	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German (Rare)
SynnÖVe	-	Swedish
SÁRi	-	Hungarian
Tielo	-	Medieval German
Amos	AY-məs (English)	English, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
Basemmath	-	Biblical Greek