alphabetical order

English

Noun

alphabetical order (usually uncountable, plural alphabetical orders)

1. The sequence of a collection of items (such as words in a dictionary) arranged in order by position in the alphabet.

Related terms

• alphabetize
• asciibetical order
• lexicographic

Translations

the sequence of a collection of items

• Armenian: այբբենական կարգ (aybbenakan karg)
• Bulgarian: азбучен ред m (azbučen red)
• Catalan: ordre alfabètic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 字母順序 (zh), 字母顺序 (zh) (zìmǔ shùnxù)

• Czech: abecední řazení n
• Danish: alfabetisk rækkefølge c
• Dutch: alfabetische volgorde f
• Esperanto: leksikografia ordo
• Finnish: aakkosjärjestys (fi), aakkosellisuus (fi)
• French: ordre alphabétique (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: alphabetische Reihenfolge f
• Greek: αλφαβητική σειρά f (alfavitikí seirá)
• Gujarati: કક્કાવારી (kakkāvārī)
• Hungarian: (formal) betűrend (hu), (neutral) ábécérend (hu), (informal) ábécésorrend
• Italian: ordine alfabetico
• Japanese: アルファベット順 (arufabetto-jun) (for Latin characters), ABC順 (ē-bī-shī-jun); あいうえお順 (a-i-u-e-o-jun) (for Japanese characters); 辞書順 (jisho-jun, literally “dictionary order”)
• Khmer: ជើងប្រយោគ (cəəŋ prɑyook)

• Korean: 알파벳 순 (alpabet sun), 알파벳 순서 (alpabet sunseo) (for Latin characters), 가나다 순 (ganada sun) (for Korean characters)
• Macedonian: азбучен ред m (azbučen red)
• Mongolian: үсгийн дараалал (üsgiyn daraalal)
• Navajo: saad bee bééhózinígíí
• Norwegian:
  • Bokmål: alfabetisk rekkefølge m
• Persian: ترتیب الفبایی‎ (tartib-e alefbâyi)
• Polish: porządek alfabetyczny m
• Portuguese: ordem alfabética f
• Romanian: înșiruire alfabetică f, ordonare alfabetică f
• Russian: алфави́тный поря́док (ru) m (alfavítnyj porjádok)
• Scottish Gaelic: òrdugh na h-aibidil m, òrdugh aibidileach m
• Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: алфабетни редослед m, абецедно редање m
  • Roman: alfabetni redosled m, abecedno redanje m
• Slovak: abecedné poradie n
• Spanish: orden alfabético m
• Swedish: alfabetisk ordning (sv) c, bokstavsordning (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

References

• “alphabetical order”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “alphabetical order”, in Collins English Dictionary.