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
Rasha	-	Arabic
Corona	[kə'rəunə]
Blagorodna	-	Macedonian, Bulgarian
Patrice (2)	-	English
Roelof	-	Dutch
Gulla	-	Ancient Scandinavian