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Definitions for Alphabet
[1] the letters of a language in their customary order.
[2] any system of characters or signs with which a language is written: the Greek alphabet.
[3] any such system for representing the sounds of a language: the phonetic alphabet.
[4] first elements; basic facts; simplest rudiments: the alphabet of genetics.
[5] the alphabet, a system of writing, developed in the ancient Near East and transmitted from the northwest Semites to the Greeks, in which each symbol ideally represents one sound unit in the spoken language, and from which most alphabetical scripts are derived.
[6] a set of letters or other signs used in a writing system, usually arranged in a fixed order, each letter or sign being used to represent one or sometimes more than one phoneme in the language being transcribed
[7] any set of symbols or characters, esp one representing sounds of speech
[8] basic principles or rudiments, as of a subject
Words related to Alphabet
fundamentals, morphemes, elements, syllabary, symbols, ideograph, rune, hieroglyphs, characters, phonemes, pictograph
Words nearby Alphabet
alpha-particle scattering, alpha-receptor, alpha-stannic acid, alpha-test, alpha-tocopherol, alphabet, alphabet code, alphabet soup, alphabetical, alphabetize, alphanumeric
Origin of Alphabet
1375–1425; late Middle English alphabete < Late Latin alphabētum, alteration of Greek alphábētos. See alpha, beta
Other words from Alphabet
pre·al·pha·bet , adjective, noun
Word origin for Alphabet
C15: from Late Latin alphabētum, from Greek alphabētos, from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet; see alpha , beta
Synonyms for Alphabet
ABCs, characters, elements, fundamentals, hieroglyphs, ideograph, morphemes, phonemes, pictograph, rune, signs, syllabary, symbols, graphic representation