alphabetical

English

Etymology

alphabetic +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌælf.əˈbɛt.ɪk.əl/, X-SAMPA: /%{lf.@"bEt.Ik.@l/
• (GenAM) IPA: /ˌælfəˈbɛdɪkəl/, X-SAMPA: /%{lf@"bEdIk@l/

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• Hyphenation: al‧pha‧bet‧ic‧al

Adjective

alphabetical (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
   • 1986, Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman‎, page 486

     Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.

2. According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

   All names were placed into an alphabetical list.

3. (obsolete) literal
   • Milton

     Alphabetical servility.

Derived terms

• alphabetical order
• alphabetically

Related terms

• alphabet
• alphabetize

Translations

pertaining to the alphabet

• Catalan: alfabètic (ca)
• Esperanto: alfabeta (eo)
• Finnish: aakkosellinen (fi)
• German: alphabetisch (de)
• Irish: aibítreach (ga), aibítre (ga)

• Macedonian: азбучен (mk) (ázbučen)
• Polish: alfabetyczny (pl) m
• Scottish Gaelic: aibidileach (gd)
• Spanish: alfabético (es)
• Turkish: alfabetik (tr), abecesel (tr)

in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet

• Arabic: ألِفْبَائِيّ (’alifbá’i), أبجَدِيّ (’abjádi)
• Catalan: alfabètic (ca)
• Czech: abecední (cs) m
• Dutch: alfabetisch (nl)
• Esperanto: laŭalfabeta (eo), alfabeta (eo)
• Finnish: aakkos- (fi), aakkosellinen (fi)
• French: alphabétique (fr), abécédaire (fr)
• German: alphabetisch (de)
• Greek: αλφαβητικός (alphavitikós)
• Hungarian: alfabetikus (hu), ábécérendi (hu)
• Irish: aibítreach (ga), aibítre (ga)
• Italian: alfabetico (it)
• Korean: 알파벳 (alpabet)

• Latin: abecedarius (la)
• Macedonian: азбучен (mk) (ázbučen)
• Norwegian: alfabetisk (no)
• Polish: alfabetyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: alfabético (pt)
• Russian: алфавитный (ru) (alfavítnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: aibidileach (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: ȁbecēdnī (sh), alfàbētskī (sh)
• Spanish: alfabético (es)
• Swedish: alfabetisk (sv)
• Turkish: alfabetik sırayla (tr), alfabetik olarak (tr)
• West Frisian: alfabetysk
• Yiddish: אַלפֿאַבעטיש (yi) (alfabetish)