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1. (n.) alphabet
the letters of a language in their customary order.
2. alphabet
any system of letters or symbols with which a language is written: the Greek alphabet.
3. alphabet
any such system for representing the sounds of a language or languages:
a phonetic alphabet.
4. alphabet
basic facts; rudiments; ABC's:
the alphabet of genetics.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME alphabete < LL alphabētum, alter. of Gk alphábētos. See alpha , beta)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) alphabet
a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
2. (noun) rudiment, first rudiment, first principle, alphabet, ABC, ABC's, ABCs
the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
"he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"
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1. (noun) alphabet
the set of letters in a language
the English alphabet
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) alphabet
the letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language
2. (noun) alphabet
the simplest rudiments; elements
3. (verb) alphabet
to designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically
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Sense: the letters of a written language arranged in order
I have learned all the letters of the Greek alphabet.
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 Afrikaans: alfabet |
 Arabic: الفباء، حُرُوف الهِجَاء، |
 Bulgarian: азбука |
 Brazilian: alfabeto |
 Czech: abeceda |
 German: das Alphabet |
 Danish: alfabet |
 Greek: αλφάβητο |
 Spanish: alfabeto |
 Estonian: tähestik |
 Farsi: الفبا |
 Finnish: aakkoset |
 French: alphabet |
 Hebrew: אָלֶפבֵּית |
 Hindi: वर्णमाला |
 Croatian: abeceda |
 Hungarian: ábécé |
 Indonesian: abjad |
 Icelandic: stafróf |
 Italian: alfabeto |
 Japanese: アルファベット |
 Korean: 알파벳 |
 Lithuanian: alfabetas |
 Latvian: alfabēts |
 Malay: huruf |
 Dutch: alfabet |
 Norwegian: alfabet |
 Polish: alfabet |
 Persian: الفبا |
 Pashto: توری |
 Portuguese: alfabeto |
 Romanian: alfabet |
 Russian: алфавит |
 Slovak: abeceda |
 Slovenian: abeceda |
 Serbian: azbuka, abeceda |
 Swedish: alfabet |
 Thai: ตัวอักษร |
 Turkish: alfabe |
 Taiwanese: 字母 |
 Ukrainian: алфавіт, абетка |
 Urdu: حروف تہجی |
 Vietnamese: bảng chữ cái |
 Chinese: 字母表 |
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