Alphabet

Definitions

1. The set of letters used when writing in a language.
2. A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
3. A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
4. Letter.
   dialectal, nonstandard
5. A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
6. An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
   Hong-Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore
7. The simplest rudiments; elements.
8. An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
   Internet

Equivalents

72 more languages

አማርኛፊደል

العربيةأبجدأبجديةألفباءألفبائيةالألفباءحروف هجاء+ 3 more

Azərbaycan diliəlifba

Беларускаяазбукаалфаві́тальфабэт

Българскиа́збукаалфави́та

বাংলাবর্ণমালা

བོད་སྐད།ཀ་ཁ

Bosanskiabecedaalfabetazbukabukvicapismoабецедаазбукаалфабетбуквицаписмо+ 7 more

Catalàabecedarialfabet

Češtinaabeceda

Cymraeggwyddor

Danskalfabet

Ελληνικάαλφαβήτααλφάβητο

Esperantoalfabeto

Eestialfabeettähestik

Suomiaakkonenaakkosetaakkosistoaakkosto+ 1 more

Gaeilgeaibidilaibítir

Gàidhligaibidil

Galegoabecéalfabeto

Hausaabacadaabjadi

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻipīʻāpā

עבריתאלף־ביתאָלֶפְבֵּית

हिन्दीअक्षरमालामूलाक्षरवर्णमाला

Hrvatskiabecedaalfabetazbukabukvicapismoабецедаазбукаалфабетбуквицаписмо+ 7 more

Magyarábécé

Հայերենայբուբեն

Bahasa Indonesiaabeseabjadaksaraalfabet+ 1 more

Igboabịịdịị

Íslenskastafróf

Italianoalfabeto

日本語アルファベット文字音素文字

ქართულიანბანი

Қазақ тіліалфавитәліпбиәліппе

ភាសាខ្មែរអក្ខរក្រមអក្សរ

한국어문자알파벳음소문자

Kurdîabcabecealfabealfabetelîfbêhurûf+ 3 more

Кыргызчаалиппеалфавит

Latinaabecedariumalphabetumlitteratura

LëtzebuergeschAlphabet

ລາວອັກສອນ

Lietuviųabėcėlė

Latviešualfabēts

Malagasyabidy

Македонскиазбука

Монголцагаан толгойᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠢ

मराठीमुळाक्षरेवर्णमाला

Bahasa Melayuabjadaksarahurufابجداکساراحروف+ 3 more

မြန်မာအက္ခရာ

नेपालीवर्णमाला

Nederlandsabcalfabet

Polskiabecadłoalfabetalfabetowyalfabetyczny+ 1 more

Portuguêsa-bê-cêABCabecêabecedárioalfabeto+ 2 more

Românăalfabet

Русскийазбукаалфавит

Slovenčinaabeceda

Slovenščinaabeceda

Shqipalfabet

Српскиabecedaalfabetazbukabukvicapismoабецедаазбукаалфабетбуквицаписмо+ 7 more

Svenskaalfabet

Kiswahilialfabeti

தமிழ்அகரவரிசைநெடுங்கணக்கு

Тоҷикӣалифбо

ไทยตัวอักษรอักษร

Türkmençeelipbiý

Tagalogabakadaalpabeto

Türkçeabecealfabeelifbe

ئۇيغۇرچەئېلىپبە

Українськаабе́ткаазбукаалфаві́тальфабе́т+ 1 more

اردوحروف تہجی

O'zbekchaalfavitalifbo

Tiếng Việtbảng chữ cái

Yorùbáabidiálífábẹ́ẹ̀tì

Examples

“The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.”

“In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.”

“The notes are named with the first seven alphabets.”

“Let⟳ L be a regular language over the alphabet #92;Sigma.”

“We realize⟳ the fact that the alphabet A has been used in many world scripts as a vowel with the others AEIOU.”

“There are 26 alphabets in English.”

“Tamil got 247 alphabets you know⟳. Got two R-eh, got three L, got two N you know⟳.”

“The very alphabet of our law.”

CEFR level