alfabet

Noun

alfabet m (definite singular alfabeti)

1. alphabet

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alfabet m (plural alfabets)

1. alphabet

Noun

alfabet n (singular definite alfabetet, plural indefinite alfabeter)

1. alphabet

References

• “alfabet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Pronunciation

• audio

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Noun

alfabet n (plural alfabetten, diminutive alfabetje n)

1. alphabet

Etymology

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

Noun

alfabet

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alfabet (plural alfabet-alfabet)

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

Etymology

From Late Latin alphabetum, 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.

References

• “alfabet” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “alfabet” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "alphabet"

Etymology

From Late Latin alphabetum, from Ancient Greek αλφάβητος (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.

References

• “alfabet” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “alfabet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "alphabet"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlfa.bɛt/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

alfabet m inan

1. alphabet

Further reading

• alfabet in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

Borrowed from French alphabet, from Latin alphabetum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alfaˈbet]

Noun

alfabet n (plural alfabete)

1. alphabet

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

References

• “alfabet” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalfaˌbeːt/

Noun

alfabet n

1. alphabet

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

alfabet n

1. alphabet

Noun

alfabet n (plural alfabetten)

1. alphabet