alphabet
The set of letters used when writing in a languageThe set of letters used when writing in a language.
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» A is the first letter of the alphabet.
„A“ ist der erste Buchstabe des Alphabets. — mhr
«А» — первая буква алфавита. — Hellerick
"А" - перша літера абетки. — aandrusiak
«А» — перша літера алфавіту. — deniko
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Examples
213 sentencesA is the first letter of the alphabet.
"А" - перша літера абетки. — aandrusiak
ru«А» — первая буква алфавита. — Hellerick
de„A“ ist der erste Buchstabe des Alphabets. — mhr
"A" is the first letter of the alphabet.
"А" - перша літера абетки. — aandrusiak
ru«A» — первая буква алфавита. — odexed
The English alphabet has 26 letters.
Англійська абетка має двадцять шість літер. — deniko
ruВ английском алфавите 26 букв. — tien_oroniel
deDas englische Alphabet hat 26 Buchstaben. — xtofu80
Meaning
7 sensesThe set of letters used when writing in a language.
The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.
In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.
Abc, Alphabet
алфави́тalfavít, а́збукаázbuka
абе́ткаabétka, алфаві́тalfavít, а́збукаázbuka
a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
Let L be a regular language over the alphabet #92;Sigma.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
More meanings 4
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The simplest rudiments; elements.
(Internet)An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
(Africa, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, dialectal, nonstandard)An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
The notes are named with the first seven alphabets.
Origin
From Middle English alphabete, borrowed from Classical Latin alphabētum, from Ancient GreeFrom Middle English alphabete, borrowed from Classical Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from ἄλφα (álpha) and βῆτα (bêta), the names of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, Α (A) and Β (B), lowercase forms α and β. The Greek names derived from aleph, the name of the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʾ, “ox”) and beth, the name of the letter 𐤁 (b, “house”), so called because they were pictograms of those objects, having developed from the Egyptian hieroglyphs F1 (𓃾) and pr (𓉐).
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Forms
plural: alphabetsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language:ABCABC-ap-sABCs
- the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural):rudimentsfirst principles
Word family
55 related wordsSee also
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