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Meaning of Alphabet | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈæl.fəˌbɛt

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

አማርኛ ፊደል
العربية أبجد أبجدية ألفباء ألفبائية الألفباء حروف هجاء
Azərbaycanca əlifba
Беларуская азбука алфаві́т альфабэт
Български а́збука алфави́та
বাংলা বর্ণমালা
བོད་སྐད ཀ་ཁ
Bosanski abeceda alfabet azbuka bukvica pismo абецеда азбука алфабет буквица писмо
Català abecedari alfabet
Čeština abeceda
Cymraeg gwyddor
Dansk alfabet
Deutsch ABC Alphabet
Ελληνικά αλφαβήτα αλφάβητο
Esperanto alfabeto
Español abecedario alfabeto
Eesti alfabeet tähestik
Suomi aakkonen aakkoset aakkosisto aakkosto
Français alphabet
Gaeilge aibidil aibítir
Gàidhlig aibidil
Galego alfabeto
Hausa abacada abjadi
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi pīʻāpā
עברית אלף־בית אָלֶפְבֵּית
हिन्दी अक्षरमाला मूलाक्षर वर्णमाला
Hrvatski abeceda alfabet azbuka bukvica pismo абецеда азбука алфабет буквица писмо
Magyar ábécé
Հայերեն այբուբեն
Bahasa Indonesia abese abjad aksara alfabet
Igbo abịịdịị
Íslenska stafróf
Italiano alfabeto
日本語 アルファベット 文字 音素文字
ქართული ანბანი
Қазақша алфавит әліпби әліппе
ខ្មែរ អក្ខរក្រម អក្សរ
한국어 문자 알파벳 음소문자
Kurdî abc abece alfabe alfabet elîfbê hurûf
Кыргызча алиппе алфавит
Latina abecedarium alphabetum
Lëtzebuergesch Alphabet
ລາວ ອັກສອນ
Lietuvių abėcėlė
Latviešu alfabēts
Malagasy abidy
Македонски азбука
Монгол цагаан толгой ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠢ
मराठी मुळाक्षरे वर्णमाला
Bahasa Melayu abjad aksara huruf ابجد اکسارا حروف
မြန်မာဘာသာ အက္ခရာ
नेपाली वर्णमाला
Nederlands abc alfabet
Polski abecadło alfabet alfabetowy alfabetyczny
Português a-bê-cê ABC abecê abecedário alfabeto
Română alfabet
Русский азбука алфавит
Slovenčina abeceda
Slovenščina abeceda
Shqip alfabet
Српски abeceda alfabet azbuka bukvica pismo абецеда азбука алфабет буквица писмо
Svenska alfabet
Kiswahili alfabeti
தமிழ் அகரவரிசை நெடுங்கணக்கு
Тоҷикӣ алифбо
ไทย ตัวอักษร อักษร
Türkmençe elipbiý
Tagalog abakada alpabeto
Türkçe abece alfabe elifbe
ئۇيغۇرچە ئېلىپبە
Українська абе́тка азбука алфаві́т альфабе́т
اردو حروف تہجی
Oʻzbekcha alfavit alifbo
Tiếng Việt bảng chữ cái
Yorùbá abidi álífábẹ́ẹ̀tì

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

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

alphabet agency alphabet block alphabet book alphabet boy alphabet brick alphabet mafia

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