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Etymology
From Late Latin alphabetum|alphab�tum < Greek αλ�άβη�ο�, from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha (�) and beta (�), from Phoenician aleph (�, �, "ox") + beth (� ,פ, "house"), so called because they were pictograms of those objects.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�æl.f��b�t/, SAMPA|/"{lf@%bEt/
audio|en-us-alphabet.ogg|Audio (US)
Hyphenation: al·pha·bet
Noun
en-noun
- An ordered set of letters used in a language, for example the English alphabet.
- math In mathematics, the finite set of symbols accepted by a given language.
See also
Greek alphabet
Hebrew alphabet
Phoenician alphabet
Roman alphabet
Romanian alphabet
Russian alphabet
Translations
trans-top|an ordered set of letters used in a language
Albanian: t+|sq|alfabet|xs=Albanian
Alsatian: Alphabet
Arabic: ARchar|ØرÙ�Ù� اÙ�Ù�جاء|ØÙ�رÙ�Ù�Ù�Ù� اÙ�Ù�Ù�جÙ�اء IPAchar|(ħurúË�f al-hijáË�â��), ARchar|ابجد|أبÙ�جÙ�د IPAchar|(â��ábʤad), ARchar|اÙ�Ø£Ù�Ù�باء|اÙ�Ø£Ù�Ù�Ù�Ù�بÙ�اء IPAchar|(al-â��alifbáË�â��)
Asturian: alfabetu m
Bosnian: t+|bs|abeceda|f
Bulgarian: азб�ка (ázbuka) (Cyrillic alphabet) f, ал�абе� (alfabet)
Catalan: alfabet m
Chinese: å�æ¯� (zìmÇ�)
Croatian: t-|hr|alfabet|m, t+|hr|abeceda|f
Czech: t+|cs|abeceda|f
Dutch: t+|nl|alfabet
Esperanto: t-|eo|alfabeto|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|tähestik
Filipino: alpabeto
Finnish: t+|fi|aakkoset|p, t-|fi|aakkosto
French: t+|fr|alphabet|m
Frisian: alfabet
Georgian: ������ (anbani)
German: t-|de|Alphabet|n
Greek: t+|el|αλ�άβη�ο|n|sc=Grek (alfávito)
Hebrew: ��ף־��ת (alef-bét), ��פ��ת (alpabet)
Hungarian: t+|hu|Ãrás
Icelandic: t+|is|stafróf|n, t-|is|rittáknakerfi|n
Ido: alfabeto
Indonesian: t+|id|abjad|xsIndonesian, t+|id|alfabet|xsIndonesian
Interlingua: alphabeto
Italian: t+|it|alfabeto|m
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Japanese: t+|ja|�������|trarufabetto|scJpan
Korean: ��벳 (alpabet)
Latin: t+|la|alphabetum|n, t+|la|abecedarium|n|alt=abeced�rium
Lithuanian: ab�c�l� f, alfabetas m
Maltese: t-|mt|alfabet|xs=Maltese
Polish: t+|pl|alfabet|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|alfabeto|m
Romanian: t+|ro|alfabet|n
Russian: t+|ru|алÑ�авиÑ�|m|tralfavÃt|scCyrl, t+|ru|азбÑ�ка|f|trázbuka|scCyrl
Serbian
Slovene: t+|sl|abeceda|f
Spanish: t+|es|alfabeto|m
Swedish: t+|sv|alfabet|n
Tatar: älifba
Telugu: ���షరమాల (aksharamaala)
Thai: THchar|à¸�ัวà¸à¸±à¸�ษร (tua akson), THchar|à¸à¸±à¸�ษร (akson)
Ukrainian: t+|uk|абе�ка|f|trabetka|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
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