alphabetical

English

Etymology

alphabetic +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌælf.əˈbɛt.ɪk.əl/, SAMPA: /%{lf.@"bEt.Ik.@l/
• (GenAM) IPA: /ˌælfəˈbɛdɪkəl/, SAMPA: /%{lf@"bEdIk@l/

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• Hyphenation: al‧pha‧bet‧ic‧al

Adjective

alphabetical (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
   • 1986, Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman‎, page 486

     Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.

2. According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

   All names were placed into an alphabetical list.

Derived terms

• alphabetical order
• alphabetically

Related terms

• alphabet
• alphabetize

Translations

pertaining to the alphabet

Catalan: alfabètic (ca) Esperanto: alfabeta (eo) Finnish: aakkosellinen (fi) Irish: aibítreach (ga), aibítre (ga)

Polish: alfabetyczny (pl) m. Scottish Gaelic: aibidileach (gd) Turkish: alfabetik (tr), abecesel (tr)

in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet

Arabic: ألِفْبَائِيّ (’alifbá’i), أبجَدِيّ (’abjádi) Catalan: alfabètic (ca) Croatian: ȁbecēdnī (hr), alfàbētskī (hr) Czech: abecední (cs) m. Dutch: alfabetisch (nl) Esperanto: laŭalfabeta (eo), alfabeta (eo) Finnish: aakkos- (fi), aakkosellinen (fi) French: alphabétique (fr), abécédaire (fr) German: alphabetisch (de) Greek: αλφαβητικός (alphavitikós) Hungarian: alfabetikus (hu), ábécérendi (hu) Irish: aibítreach (ga), aibítre (ga) Italian: alfabetico (it)

Korean: 알파벳 (alpabet) Latin: abecedarius (la) Norwegian: alfabetisk (no) Polish: alfabetyczny (pl) m. Portuguese: alfabético (pt) Russian: алфавитный (ru) (alfavítnyj) Scottish Gaelic: aibidileach (gd) Spanish: alfabético (es) Swedish: alfabetisk (sv) Turkish: alfabetik sırayla (tr), alfabetik olarak (tr) West Frisian: alfabetysk Yiddish: אַלפֿאַבעטיש (yi) (alfabetish)