alphabet

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

alphabet

from Latin alphabetum, derived from the Greek ἀλφάβητος, alphábêtos, formed from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet: α (alpha) and β (bêta), and adopting the first two letters of the Hebrew alphabet: aleph and beth.

Definitions

linguistique
éducation

Plural

alphabets

Hyperonyms

écriture segmentalelettres

Hyponyms

abjadCatégorie:Alphabets

Translations

  • germangerman:Alphabet
  • englishenglish:ABC
  • arabicarabic:أبجدية
  • chinesechinese:字母
  • koreankorean:알파벳
  • spanishspanish:alfabeto
  • finnishfinnish:aakkoset
  • greekgreek:αλφάβητο
  • hebrewhebrew:אלפבית
  • italianitalian:alfabeto
  • japanesejapanese:アルファベット
  • dutchdutch:alfabetl
  • polishpolish:alfabet
  • portugueseportuguese:alfabeto
  • russianrussian:азбука
  • swedishswedish:alfabet
  • turkishturkish:alfabe

See also