alfabet

See also: Alfabet and alfabét

Albanian

Noun

alfabet m (definite singular alfabeti)

1. alphabet

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əl.fəˈbət/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əl.fəˈbɛt/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /al.faˈbet/

• Audio

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Noun

alfabet m (plural alfabets)

1. alphabet

   Synonyms: abecedari, abecé

Derived terms

• alfabètic
• alfabèticament
• alfabet fonètic
• Alfabet Fonètic Internacional

Further reading

• “alfabet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “alfabet” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

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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

àlfabet m

1. (Sette Comuni) alphabet

   Dar alfabet ist de stiiga bon littarn.

   The alphabet is a ladder, and the rungs are letters.

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

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Danish

Noun

alfabet n (singular definite alfabetet, plural indefinite alfabeter)

1. alphabet

Declension

Declension of alfabet

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	alfabet	alfabetet	alfabeter	alfabeterne
genitive	alfabets	alfabetets	alfabeters	alfabeternes

Derived terms

• alfabetisere

References

• “alfabet” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• alphabet (dated)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch alphabeet, from Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.faːˌbɛt/

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• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧bet

Noun

alfabet n (plural alfabetten or alfabets, diminutive alfabetje n)

1. alphabet

   Synonym: abc

Derived terms

• alfabetisch
• alfabetiseren
• alfabetisme

Related terms

• alfabeet

Descendants

• Afrikaans: alfabet
• → Papiamentu: álfabèt, alfabèt

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Friulian

Noun

alfabet m (plural alfabets)

1. alphabet

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch alfabet, from Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

Noun

alfabet (first-person possessive alfabetku, second-person possessive alfabetmu, third-person possessive alfabetnya)

1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)

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Malay

Etymology

From English alphabet, from Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfabet/
• Rhymes: -alfabet, -fabet, -abet, -bet, -et

Noun

alfabet (Jawi spelling الفابت‎, plural alfabet-alfabet, informal 1st possessive alfabetku, impolite 2nd possessive alfabetmu, 3rd possessive alfabetnya)

1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)

   Alfabet Inggeris

   English alphabet

   Synonym: abjad

Further reading

• “alfabet” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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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)

1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)

   Skal man lese må man kunne alfabetet.

   If you want to read you have to know the alphabet.

   Det latinske og kyrilliske alfabetet.

   The Latin and Cyrillic alphabet.

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 (2001–2021), “alphabet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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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)

1. alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)

   Skal ein lese må ein kunne alfabetet.

   If you want to read you have to know the alphabet.

   Det latinske og kyrilliske alfabetet.

   The Latin and Cyrillic alphabet.

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 (2001–2021), “alphabet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alfaˈβet]

• Audio

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Noun

alfabet m (plural alfabets)

1. alphabet

Related terms

• alfabetizar

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfaˈbet/

Noun

alfabet m

1. alphabet

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Polish

Etymology

From Latin alphabētum, from Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton), from the accusative of Koine Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) + βῆτα (bêta, “beta”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈfa.bɛt/

• audio

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Noun

alfabet m inan

1. alphabet

Declension

Declension of alfabet

	singular	plural
nominative	alfabet	alfabety
genitive	alfabetu	alfabetów
dative	alfabetowi	alfabetom
accusative	alfabet	alfabety
instrumental	alfabetem	alfabetami
locative	alfabecie	alfabetach
vocative	alfabecie	alfabety

Further reading

• alfabet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alphabet, from Latin alphabetum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfaˈbet/

Noun

alfabet n (plural alfabete)

1. alphabet

Declension

Declension of alfabet

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) alfabet	alfabetul	(niște) alfabete	alfabetele
genitive/dative	(unui) alfabet	alfabetului	(unor) alfabete	alfabetelor
vocative	alfabetule		alfabetelor

Derived terms

• alfabetiza

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfǎbeːt/
• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧bet

Noun

alfàbēt m (Cyrillic spelling алфа̀бе̄т)

1. alphabet

Declension

Declension of alfabet

	singular	plural
nominative	alfàbēt	alfabeti
genitive	alfabéta	alfabeta
dative	alfabetu	alfabetima
accusative	alfabet	alfabete
vocative	alfabete	alfabeti
locative	alfabetu	alfabetima
instrumental	alfabetom	alfabetima

Derived terms

• alfàbētskī

References

• “alfabet” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalfaˌbeːt/

Noun

alfabet n

1. alphabet

Declension

Declension of alfabet
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	alfabet	alfabetet	alfabet	alfabeten
Genitive	alfabets	alfabetets	alfabets	alfabetens

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Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

alfabet n

1. alphabet

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Walloon

Noun

alfabet m (plural alfabets)

1. alphabet

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West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch alfabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔlfabɛt/, /ˈalfabɛt/

Noun

alfabet n (plural alfabetten)

1. alphabet

Further reading

• “alfabet”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011