letter of recommendation

letter of recommendation

English

Noun

letter of recommendation (plural letters of recommendation)

1. A letter written by one person who is familiar with another, usually a teacher, employer, or person of similar authority, evaluating and often extolling the fitness of the other person for a position.

   Synonym: LOR

Related terms

• letter of reference

Translations

evaluation letter

Armenian: երաշխավորագիր (hy) (erašxavoragir) Chinese: Mandarin: 推薦信／推荐信 (zh) (tuījiànxìn) Dutch: aanbevelingsbrief (nl) m Finnish: suositus (fi), suosituskirje French: lettre de recommandation (fr) f German: Empfehlungsschreiben (de) n Greek: συστατική επιστολή (el) f (systatikí epistolí) Ancient: δίπλωμα n (díplōma) Hawaiian: palapala ʻāpono, palapala kākoʻo Hungarian: ajánlólevél (hu) Japanese: 推薦状 (すいせんじょう, suisenjou) Korean: 추천장(推薦狀) (chucheonjang), 추천서(推薦書) (chucheonseo) Polish: referencje (pl) f pl Russian: рекоменда́ция (ru) f (rekomendácija), рекоменда́тельное письмо́ n (rekomendátelʹnoje pisʹmó) Swedish: rekommendationsbrev n

See also

• cover letter