Alphabet Definition

ălfə-bĕt, -bĭt
noun
The letters of a language, arranged in the order fixed by custom.
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The letters of a language, arranged in a traditional order.
Webster's New World
A system of characters or symbols representing sounds or things.
American Heritage
A system of characters, signs, or symbols used to indicate letters or speech sounds.
Webster's New World
A set of basic parts or elements.
American Heritage
verb

To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

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Noun

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alphabet
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alphabets

Origin of Alphabet

  • From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphabētos), from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, ἄλφα (alpha) (Α,α) and βῆτα (bēta) (Β,β), from Phoenician aleph and beth (“house”), so called because they were pictograms of those objects.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English alphabete from Latin alphabētum from Greek alphabētos alpha alpha alpha bēta beta beta

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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