abece

See also: abecé, abecê, ābece, ābecē, ábécé, and á-bê-cê

Albanian

Alternative forms

• abëcë

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.bɛ.t͡sɛ]

Noun

• abecé f (plural abecé, definite abecéja, definite plural abecét)
• abëcë f (plural abëcë, definite abëcëja, definite plural abëcët)

1. ABC, alphabet
2. elements, rudiments

Further reading

• “abece”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “abece”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 27 (abecé)
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “abece”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 1

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

abece (first-person possessive abeceku, second-person possessive abecemu, third-person possessive abecenya)

1. abese

Middle English

Alternative forms

• A. B. C., a.b.c., ABC, abc, abbesse, abce, abcy, abicee, abse, a-pece, apecy, apsy

Etymology

From A +‎ B +‎ C, the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːbɛːseː/, /ˈaːbɛːsɛː/, /ˈabɛseː/, /ˈabseː/, /ˈapseː/

Noun

abece

1. An alphabet; the (Latin) alphabet.
2. An abecedary; an alphabet book.
3. The ABC; the fundamentals.
4. An acrostic poem in alphabetical order.

Descendants

• English: ABC (obsolete absey)
• Scots: ABC, aw-bay-say

References

• “ā̆becẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• A.B.C.

Etymology

From the names of the first three letters of the Latin [Term?] alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβeˈt͡se/

Noun

abece m (usually uncountable)

1. alphabet, ABCs
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 102v:

     […] ⁊ en la ſazon q̃ deſcenden los rayos dela figura delas ſiete letras del abece de ſaturno […]

     […] and in the season in which descend the rays of the shape of the seven letters of the alphabet of Saturn […]

Descendants

• Spanish: abecé

Tagalog

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish abecé, from the first three letters of the Spanish alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabeˈse/ [ʔɐ.bɛˈsɛ], /ˌʔaˈbese/ [ˌʔaːˈbɛː.sɛ]
• Rhymes: -e, -ese
• Syllabification: a‧be‧ce

Noun

abecé or ábéce (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒ)

1. Alternative spelling of abese

Turkish

Etymology

A combination of the first three letters of the Turkish alphabet; a, be and ce

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑː.beː.ˈd͡ʒeː/

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Noun

abece (definite accusative abeceyi, plural abeceler)

1. alphabet

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	abece
Definite accusative	abeceyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abece	abeceler
Definite accusative	abeceyi	abeceleri
Dative	abeceye	abecelere
Locative	abecede	abecelerde
Ablative	abeceden	abecelerden
Genitive	abecenin	abecelerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular abecem abecelerim 2nd singular abecen abecelerin 3rd singular abecesi abeceleri 1st plural abecemiz abecelerimiz 2nd plural abeceniz abeceleriniz 3rd plural abeceleri abeceleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular abecemi abecelerimi 2nd singular abeceni abecelerini 3rd singular abecesini abecelerini 1st plural abecemizi abecelerimizi 2nd plural abecenizi abecelerinizi 3rd plural abecelerini abecelerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular abeceme abecelerime 2nd singular abecene abecelerine 3rd singular abecesine abecelerine 1st plural abecemize abecelerimize 2nd plural abecenize abecelerinize 3rd plural abecelerine abecelerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular abecemde abecelerimde 2nd singular abecende abecelerinde 3rd singular abecesinde abecelerinde 1st plural abecemizde abecelerimizde 2nd plural abecenizde abecelerinizde 3rd plural abecelerinde abecelerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular abecemden abecelerimden 2nd singular abecenden abecelerinden 3rd singular abecesinden abecelerinden 1st plural abecemizden abecelerimizden 2nd plural abecenizden abecelerinizden 3rd plural abecelerinden abecelerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular abecemin abecelerimin 2nd singular abecenin abecelerinin 3rd singular abecesinin abecelerinin 1st plural abecemizin abecelerimizin 2nd plural abecenizin abecelerinizin 3rd plural abecelerinin abecelerinin
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular abeceyim abecelerim 2nd singular abecesin abecelersin 3rd singular abece abecedir abeceler abecelerdir 1st plural abeceyiz abeceleriz 2nd plural abecesiniz abecelersiniz 3rd plural abeceler abecelerdir

Synonyms

• alfabe
• elifbe