alfabet
التعريفات والمعاني
== Albanian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
alfabet m (definite alfabeti)
alphabet
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
“alfabet”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [əl.fəˈβɛt]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [əl.fəˈbɛt]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [al.faˈbet]
=== Noun ===
alfabet m (plural alfabets)
alphabet
Synonyms: abecedari, abecé
==== Derived terms ====
alfabètic
alfabèticament
alfabet fonètic
Alfabet Fonètic Internacional
=== Noun ===
alfabet m (plural alfabets, feminine alfabeta, feminine plural alfabetes)
literate person
=== Adjective ===
alfabet (feminine alfabeta, masculine plural alfabets, feminine plural alfabetes)
literate
=== Further reading ===
“alfabet”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“alfabet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“alfabet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“alfabet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Cimbrian ==
=== Etymology ===
Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
=== Noun ===
alfabet m
(Sette Comuni) alphabet
=== References ===
“alfabet” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
== Czech ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈalfabɛt]
=== Proper noun ===
alfabet
genitive plural of alfabeta
== Danish ==
=== Noun ===
alfabet n (singular definite alfabetet, plural indefinite alfabeter)
alphabet
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
alfabetisere
=== References ===
“alfabet” in Den Danske Ordbog
== Dutch ==
=== Alternative forms ===
alphabet (dated)
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Dutch alphabeet, from Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɑl.faːˌbɛt/
Hyphenation: al‧fa‧bet
=== Noun ===
alfabet n (plural alfabetten or alfabets, diminutive alfabetje n)
alphabet
Synonym: abc
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
alfabeet
==== Descendants ====
Afrikaans: alfabet
→ Papiamentu: álfabèt, alfabèt
== Friulian ==
=== Noun ===
alfabet m (plural alfabets)
alphabet
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch alfabet, from Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
alfabet (plural alfabet-alfabet)
alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
== Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
From Dutch alfabet, from Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [al.fa.bɛt]
Rhymes: -bɛt, -ɛt
Hyphenation: al‧fa‧bet
=== Noun ===
alfabet (Jawi spelling الفابت, plural alfabet-alfabet or alfabet2)
(informal) An alphabet; an ordered set of letters used in a language.
Synonym: abjad
alfabet Inggeris ― English alphabet
=== Further reading ===
"alfabet" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
== Norwegian Bokmål ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from ἄλφα (álpha) and βῆτα (bêta), the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, from Phoenician and Classical Hebrew aleph (ox) and beth (house), so called because their shape resembled or represented these objects.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alfabeːt/, [ɑl.fɑ.ˈbeːt]
=== Noun ===
alfabet n (definite singular alfabetet, indefinite plural alfabet or alfabeter, definite plural alfabeta or alfabetene)
alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
==== Synonyms ====
bokstavrekke, skrift
==== Derived terms ====
alfabetisk
alfabetisere
det internasjonale fonetiske alfabetet
morsealfabet
==== Related terms ====
analfabet
=== References ===
“alfabet” in The Ordnett Dictionary
“alfabet” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “alphabet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, from Phoenician and Classical Hebrew aleph (ox) and beth (house), so called because their shape resembled or represented these objects.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alfabeːt/, [ɑl.fɑ.ˈbeːt]
=== Noun ===
alfabet n (definite singular alfabetet, indefinite plural alfabet, definite plural alfabeta)
alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
==== Synonyms ====
bokstavrekkje, skrift
==== Derived terms ====
alfabetisk
alfabetisere
det internasjonale fonetiske alfabetet
morsealfabet
==== Related terms ====
analfabet
=== References ===
“alfabet” in The Ordnett Dictionary
“alfabet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “alphabet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
== Occitan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [alfaˈβet]
=== Noun ===
alfabet m (plural alfabets)
alphabet
==== Related terms ====
alfabetizar
== Piedmontese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alfaˈbet/
=== Noun ===
alfabet m
alphabet
== Polish ==
=== Etymology ===
Internationalism; borrowed from German Alphabet or French alphabet, ultimately from Latin alphabētum. First attested in 1624–1639.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alˈfa.bɛt/
Rhymes: -abɛt
Syllabification: al‧fa‧bet
=== Noun ===
alfabet m inan
(linguistics) alphabet (collection of letters in a given order)
Synonym: abecadło
alphabet, ABC (rudimentary knowledge of a given field)
Synonyms: abc, abecadło, elementarz, podstawy
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Collocations ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
alfabet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
alfabet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “alfabet”, in Słownik języka polskiego
Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “alfabet”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alfabet”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24
Mańczak, Witold (2017), “alfabet”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “alfabet”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French alphabet, from Latin alphabetum.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alfaˈbet/
=== Noun ===
alfabet n (plural alfabete)
alphabet
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
alfabetiza
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /alfǎbeːt/
Hyphenation: al‧fa‧bet
=== Noun ===
alfàbēt m inan (Cyrillic spelling алфа̀бе̄т)
alphabet
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
alfàbētskī
=== References ===
“alfabet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
== Swedish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈalfaˌbeːt/
=== Noun ===
alfabet n
alphabet
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
alfabet in Svensk ordbok.
== Vilamovian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌal.fa.ˈbɛːt/
=== Noun ===
alfabet n
alphabet
== Walloon ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /al.fa.ˈbɛ/
=== Noun ===
alfabet m (plural alfabets)
alphabet
== West Frisian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Dutch alfabet.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɔlfabɛt/, /ˈalfabɛt/
=== Noun ===
alfabet n (plural alfabetten)
alphabet
==== Further reading ====
“alfabet”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011