alphabetical
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin alphabēticus + -al.[1] By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: al‧pha‧bet‧ic‧al
Adjective edit
alphabetical (not comparable)
- Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
- Synonym: alphabetic
- 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.
- According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
- All names were placed into an alphabetical list.
- (obsolete) literal
- 1644, John Milton, The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce[2], page 31:
- But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
pertaining to the alphabet
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in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet
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References edit
- ^ “alphabetical, adj.”, in OED Online [1], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000, archived from the original on 2023-09-12.