analphabet
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabetA person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
» Tom is an analphabet.
Том неграмотный.
Meaning
1 sensesA person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
Analphabet, Analphabetin
негра́мотныйnegrámotnyj
an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet
Examples
2 sentencesTom is an analphabet.
ruТом неграмотный.
I am not an analphabet.
deIch bin kein Analphabet.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Late Latin analphabetus (“unable to read and write; illiterate”), from Ancient GreekFrom Late Latin analphabetus (“unable to read and write; illiterate”), from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος (analphábētos, “illiterate”), from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”); analysable as an- + alphabet. The English word was probably influenced by cognate words in other languages such as French analphabète (adjective), German Analphabetus, Analphabet (nouns), analphabeten (adjective), Italian analfabeta (adjective, noun), analfabeto (adjective, noun), Portuguese analfabeto (adjective, noun), Spanish analfabeto (adjective, noun).
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Forms
plural: analphabetsSynonyms
2 synonyms- an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet:analphabetic