[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphabētos), from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha (Α) and beta (Β), from Phoenician aleph 𐤀 (“ox”) and beth 𐤁 (“house”), so called because they were pictograms of those objects.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈæl.fəˌbɛt/, SAMPA: /"{lf@%bEt/
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- Hyphenation: al‧pha‧bet
alphabet (plural alphabets)
- The 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.
- (computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
- Let L be a regular language over the alphabet Σ.
- (India) One particular letter used in writing a language.
- 2005, Satinder Bal Gupta, Comprehensive Discrete Mathematics & Structures, Laxmi Publications, page 237:
- There are 26 alphabets in English.
[edit] Quotations
- 2002, Eugene E. Dike, African myth of creation in African form of writing, Monsenstein und Vannerdat, ISBN 3936600406, page 30
- We realize the fact that the alphabet A has been used in many world scripts as a vowel with the others AEIOU.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
an ordered set of letters used in a language
- Afrikaans: alfabet (af)
- Albanian: alfabet (sq)
- Alsatian: Alphabet
- Arabic: حروف الهجاء (ar) (Huruuf al-hijaa') m. pl., أبجد (ar) (’ábjad) m., الألفباء (ar) (al-'alifbaa) m., ألفبائية (ar) (al-'alifbaa'iya) f.
- Armenian: այբուբեն (hy) (aybuben)
- Asturian: alfabetu m.
- Azeri: əlifba (az)
- Bashkir: әлифба (əlifba)
- Belarusian: алфавіт (be) (alfavít) m., азбука (be) (ázbuka) f.
- Bengali: বর্ণমালা (bn) (barṇamālā)
- Bosnian: abeceda (bs) f.
- Bulgarian: азбука (bg) (ázbuka) f.
- Burmese: အက္ခရာ (my) (eʔ kʰayà), ခရာ (my) (kʰayà)
- Catalan: alfabet (ca) m., abecedari (ca) m.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 字母 (zh) (zìmǔ)
- Croatian: abecéda (hr) f., alfàbēt (hr) m.
- Czech: abeceda (cs) f.
- Danish: alfabet (da)
- Dhivehi: އަލިފުބާ (dv)
- Dutch: alfabet (nl)
- Esperanto: alfabeto (eo)
- Estonian: tähestik (et)
- Faroese: stavrað (fo) n.
- Filipino: alpabeto
- Finnish: aakkoset (fi) pl., aakkosto (fi)
- French: alphabet (fr) m.
- Georgian: ანბანი (ka) (anbani)
- German: Alphabet (de) n.
- Greek: αλφάβητο (el) n. (alfávito)
- Ancient: ἀλφάβητος (alphabētos) m.
- Hebrew: אלף־בית (he) (alef-bét) m., אלפבית (he) (alpabet) m.
- Hindi: वर्णमाला (hi) (varṇamālā) f., मूलाक्षर (hi) (mūlākṣar)
- Hungarian: ábécé (hu)
- Icelandic: stafróf (is) n., rittáknakerfi (is) n.
- Ido: alfabeto
- Indonesian: abjad (id), alfabet (id)
- Interlingua: alphabeto
- Irish: aibítir (ga) f., aibidil (ga) f.
- Italian: alfabeto (it) m.
- Japanese: アルファベット (ja) (arufabetto), 文字 (ja) (もじ, moji)
- Javanese: aksara (jv), alfabèt (jv)
- Kannada: ಅಕ್ಷರಮಾಲೆ (kn)
- Kazakh: әліпби (kk) (älipbï), әліппе (kk) (älippe)
- Khmer: អក្ខរក្រម (km) (akkʰara krɑm), អក្សរ (km) (aksɑɑ)
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- Korean: 알파벳 (ko) (alpabet)
- Lao: ໂຕຫນັງສື (lo), ແມ່ກໍກາ (lo) (mɛ̄ː kɔ̀ː kàː), ອັກສອນ (lo) (ák sɔ̆ːn)
- Latin: alphabetum (la) n., abecedārium (la) n.
- Latvian: alfabēts (lv)
- Lithuanian: abėcėlė f., alfabetas m.
- Macedonian: азбука (mk) (ázbuka) f.
- Malay: abjad (ms)
- Malayalam: അക്ഷരമാല (ml)
- Maltese: alfabet (mt)
- Marathi: मुळाक्षरे (mr), वर्णमाला (mr)
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- Norwegian: alfabet (no) n.
- Old English: stæfrof (ang)
- Old Norse: stafrof
- Persian: الفبا (fa) (alefbâ)
- Polish: alfabet (pl) m., abecadło (pl) n.
- Portuguese: alfabeto (pt) m.
- Romanian: alfabet (ro) n.
- Russian: алфавит (ru) (alfavít) m., азбука (ru) (ázbuka) f.
- Sanskrit: अक्षरसमाम्नाय (sa) (akSarasamAmnAya) m.
- Scottish Gaelic: aibidil (gd) f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: азбука (Cyrillic alphabet) f, абецеда (Roman alphabet) f
- Roman: azbuka (Cyrillic alphabet) f, abeceda (Roman alphabet) f
- Slovak: abeceda (sk) f.
- Slovene: abeceda (sl) f.
- Spanish: alfabeto (es) m., abecedario (es) m.
- Swedish: alfabet (sv) n.
- Tagalog: alpabeto (tl)
- Tajik: алифбо (tg) (ailfbo)
- Tamil: அகரவரிசை (ta) (akaravarisai), நெடுங்கணக்கு (ta) (neṭuṅkaṇakku)
- Tatar: әлифба (tt) (älifba)
- Telugu: అక్షరమాల (te) (aksharamaala)
- Thai: ตัวอักษร (th) (dtua àksŏn), อักษร (th) (àksŏn)
- Turkish: alfabe (tr), abece (tr)
- Turkmen: elipbiý (tk)
- Ukrainian: абетка (uk) (abétka) f., алфавіт (uk) (alfávít) m., азбука (uk) (ázbuka) f., альфабет (uk) (al’fabét) m.
- Urdu: حروف تہجی (ur)
- Vietnamese: bảng chữ cái (vi)
- Vilamovian: alfabet
- Volapük: lafab (vo)
- Võro: tähistü
- West Frisian: alfabet (fy) n.
- Yiddish: אלפאבעט (yi) (alfabet) f.
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphabētos), from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha (Α) and beta (Β), from Phoenician aleph 𐤀 (“ox”) and beth 𐤁 (“house”), so called because they were pictograms of those objects.
[edit] Pronunciation
alphabet m. (plural alphabets)
- alphabet (clarification of this French definition is being sought)
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