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
Cecile	['sesil]
Amandus	-	Late Roman
Elke (1)	EL-kə (Dutch)	Dutch, German, Frisian
Abd Al-Rashid	-	Arabic
Sheryl	SHER-əl	English
Arantzazu	-	Basque