Latin alphabet

English

Etymology

Noun

Latin alphabet (plural Latin alphabets)

The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs):
A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet.

Usage notes

The Latin alphabet is used in variant forms by many languages, including Romance languages, Germanic, Celtic, some Slavic languages, Amerindian, Indigenous Australian, Austronesian, Vietnamese, Malay and Indonesian languages. The variant Latin alphabets of many of those languages discard letters from or add letters to the classical Latin alphabet.

Synonyms

Latin script, Roman script, Roman alphabet
abbreviations: (ISO 15924) Latn

Related terms

Cyrillic alphabet

Translations

the 26-letter alphabet

Alemannic German: lateinisches Alphabet n
Arabic: كِتَابَة لَاتِينِيَّة‎‎ f (kitāba lātīniyya), لَاتِينِيَّة‎‎ (ar) f (lātīniyya), رُومَانِيَّة‎‎ (ar) f (rūmāniyya)
Asturian: alfabetu llatinu m
Belarusian: лацінка f (lacínka)
Catalan: alfabet llatí m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拉丁字母表 (Lādīng zìmǔbiǎo), 羅馬字 (zh), 罗马字 (zh) (Luómǎzì)
Czech: Latinka f
Danish: latinske alfabet n
Dutch: Latijnse alfabet
Esperanto: latina alfabeto (eo)
Estonian: Ladina tähestik
Finnish: latinalaiset aakkoset
French: alphabet latin (fr) m
German: lateinisches Alphabet n
Greek: λατινικό αλφάβητο (el) n (latinikó alfávito)
Hebrew: אלפבית לטיני‎‎ (alfabet latini), כתב לטיני‎‎ m (Ktab Latini)
Hindi: रोमन लिपि f (roman lipi)
Hungarian: latin ábécé (hu)
Ido: Latinal alfabeto
Irish: aibítir Laidineach f, aibítir Rómhánach f
Italian: alfabeto latino m
Japanese: ローマ字 (ja) (Rōmaji), ラテン文字 (ja) (Raten-moji)
Korean: 로마 문자 (Roma munja), 로마자 (ko) (Romaja)

Latin: alphabetum latinum n
Macedonian: латиница f (latínica), латинично писмо n (latínično písmo)
Mongolian: Латин цагаан толгой (Latin tsagaan tolgoj)
Persian: الفبای لاتین‎‎ (alefba-ye-latin)
Polish: alfabet łaciński m, łacinka f
Portuguese: alfabeto latino (pt) m
Romanian: alfabet latin (ro) n
Russian: лати́ница (ru) f (latínica), лати́нский алфави́т m (latínskij alfavít)
Rusyn: абеце́да f (abecéda)
Scottish Gaelic: aibidil Ròmanach f, aibidil Laideann f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} латиница f, ^{(please verify)} латинично писмо n

Roman: ^{(please verify)} latinica f, ^{(please verify)} latinično pismo n
Slovak: Latinská abeceda f
Slovene: latinica (sl) f
Spanish: alfabeto latino m
Swedish: latinska alfabetet (sv)
Tatar: latín älifba (latín älifba)
Turkish: Latin alfabesi, Latin abecesi
Turkmen: latyn elipbiýi
Ukrainian: латинська абетка (uk) f (latins’ka abetka), латинка f (latýnka), латиниця f (latýnycja)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: латыын алпабыыта (latıın alpabııta)

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