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
BÅRd	-	Norwegian
Varsha	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil
MatÍAs	-	Spanish
RosÁRio	roo-ZA-ryoo	Portuguese
Rafael	rah-fah-EL (Spanish), RAH-fah-el (German)	Spanish, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Slovene, Macedonian
Abigail	AB-i-gayl (English), AH-bee-giel (German)	English, German, Biblical, Biblical Latin