abecedarium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin abecedārium. Doublet of abecedary. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.bi.siˈdɛəɹ.i.əm/ === Noun === abecedarium (plural abecedaria) A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer. An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order. ==== Synonyms ==== abecedary ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Etymology === Substantive from abecedārius (“alphabetical”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.bɛ.kɛˈdaː.ri.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.be.t͡ʃeˈdaː.ri.um] === Noun === abecedārium n (genitive abecedāriī or abecedārī); second declension alphabet, ABCs Synonym: (Grecism) alphabētum accusative singular of abecedārium vocative singular of abecedārium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Related terms ==== abecedāria abecedārius ==== Descendants ==== → English: abecedary → French: abécédaire → Italian: abbecedario → Old Irish: apgitirMiddle Irish: aibgitirIrish: aibítir → Portuguese: abecedário → Romanian: abecedar → Spanish: abecedario → Welsh: egwyddor, gwyddor === References === Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). →ISBN. page 1.