alphabet
To designate by the letters of the alphabetTo designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
» 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
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(rare)To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
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
Say the alphabet backwards.
Розкажи абетку навпаки. — uaspeaker
ruРасскажи алфавит задом наперед. — OlgaElwen
deSag das Alphabet rückwärts auf. — Espi
Please say the alphabet in reverse.
deBitte, sage das Alphabet rückwärts auf. — Esperantostern
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
alphabets, alphabeting, alphabeted, alphabeted| Base form | alphabet · to alphabet |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | alphabets |
| Present participle | alphabeting |
| Past simple | alphabeted |
| Past participle | alphabeted |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.