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
Kauko	KOW-ko	Finnish
Thersa	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Fran	FRAN (English)	Spanish, English, Croatian, Slovene
ClÁUdia	-	Portuguese
Leifur	-	Icelandic
Brant	[brænt]