alphabetical
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin alphabēticus + -al.[1] By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: al‧pha‧bet‧ic‧al
Adjective[edit]
alphabetical (not comparable)
- Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
- Synonym: alphabetic
- 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.
- According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
- All names were placed into an alphabetical list.
- (obsolete) literal
- 1644, John Milton, The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce[2], page 31:
- But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
pertaining to the alphabet
|
in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet
|
References[edit]
- ^ “alphabetical, adj.”, in OED Online
[1], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-09-12.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms suffixed with -al
- English terms suffixed with -ical
- English 5-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Alphabets