English [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
Latin + alphabet.
Latin alphabet (countable and uncountable; plural Latin alphabets)
- The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs):
- A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
- Any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet.
Usage notes [edit]
The Latin alphabet is used in variant forms by many languages, including Romance languages, Germanic, Celtic, some Slavic languages, Amerindian, Indigenous Australian, Austronesian, Vietnamese, Malay and Indonesian languages. The variant Latin alphabets of many of those languages discard letters from or add letters to the classical Latin alphabet.
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Translations [edit]
the 26-letter alphabet
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- Ido: Latinal alfabeto (io)
- Irish: aibítir Laidineach (ga) f, aibítir Rómhánach (ga) f
- Italian: alfabeto latino (it) m
- Japanese: ローマ字 (ja) (Rōmaji), ラテン文字 (ja) (Raten-moji)
- Korean: 로마 문자 (ko) (Roma munja), 로마자 (ko) (Romaja)
- Latin: alphabetum latinum (la) n
- Macedonian: латиница (mk) (latínica) f, латинично писмо (mk) (latínično písmo) n
- Polish: alfabet łaciński m, łacinka (pl) f
- Portuguese: alfabeto latino (pt) m
- Romanian: alfabetul latin (ro) n
- Russian: латиница (ru) (latínitsa) f, латинский алфавит (ru) (latínskij alfavít) m
- Scottish Gaelic: aibidil Ròmanach (gd) f, aibidil Laideann (gd) f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: латиница f, латинично писмо n
- Roman: latinica f, latinično pismo n
- Slovak: Latinská abeceda f
- Slovene: latinica (sl) f
- Spanish: alfabeto latino (es) m
- Swedish: latinska alfabetet (sv)
- Tatar: latín älifba
- Turkish: Latin alfabesi (tr), Latin abecesi (tr)
- Ukrainian: латинська абетка (latins’ka abetka) f, латинка (uk) (latýnka) f, латиниця (uk) (latýnycja) f
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