alfabet

See also: Alfabet and alfabét

Albanian

Noun

alfabet m (definite alfabeti)

1. alphabet

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl.fəˈβɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.fəˈbɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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

Noun

alfabet m (plural alfabets, feminine alfabeta)

1. literate person

Adjective

alfabet (feminine alfabeta, masculine plural alfabets, feminine plural alfabetes)

1. literate

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, 2024
• “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.

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

alfabet 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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalfabɛt]

Proper noun

alfabet

1. genitive plural of alfabeta

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

Dutch

Alternative forms

• alphabet (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑl.faːˌbɛt/

• Audio:

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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

Friulian

Noun

alfabet m (plural alfabets)

1. alphabet

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

alfabet

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

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [al.fa.bɛt]
• Rhymes: -bɛt, -ɛt
• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧bet

Noun

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

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

   Synonym: abjad

   alfabet Inggeris ― English alphabet

Further reading

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

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 (2001–2024) “alphabet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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 (2001–2024) “alphabet”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfaˈbet/

Noun

alfabet m

1. alphabet

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; borrowed from German Alphabet or French alphabet, ultimately from Latin alphabētum. First attested in 1624–1639.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈfa.bɛt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -abɛt
• Syllabification: al‧fa‧bet

Noun

alfabet m inan

1. (linguistics) alphabet (collection of letters in a given order)

   Synonym: abecadło

2. alphabet, ABC (rudimentary knowledge of a given field)

   Synonyms: abc, abecadło, elementarz, podstawy

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

Derived terms

adjectives

• alfabetowy
• alfabetyczny
• analfabetyczny

 

adverb

• alfabetycznie

 

nouns

• alfabeta
• alfabetyzacja
• alfabetyzm
• analfabeta
• analfabetka
• analfabetyzm

 

Related terms

noun

• alfanumeryczny

 

Collocations

Collocations

• na bazie alfabetu ― based on an alphabet
• nadawany alfabetem ― relayed by alphabet
• drukować/wydrukowany alfabetem ― printed in an alphabet
• opisany alfabetem ― described in an alphabet
• wydany alfabetem ― published in ann alphabet
• zmodyfikowany alfabet ― a modified alphabet
• literowy alfabet ― a letter alphabet
• uzbecki alfabet ― Uzbek alphabet
• Międzynarodowy Alfabet Fonetyczny ― the International Phonetic alphabet
• Slawistyczny Alfabet Fonetyczny ― the Slavic Phonetic Alphabet
• chiński alfabet ― Chinese alphabet
• polski alfabet ― Polish alphabet
• cały alfabet ― the whole alphabet
• klasyczny alfabet ― a classical alphabet
• starożytny alfabet ― an ancient alphabet
• najstarszy alfabet ― the oldest alphabet
• litewski alfabet ― Lithuanian alphabet
• własny alfabet ― one’s ownalphabet
• rodzimy alfabet ― a native alphabet
• współczesny alfabet ― a modern alphabet
• oryginalny alfabet ― an original alphabet
• standardowy alfabet ― a standard alphabet
• skończony alfabet ― a finite alphabet
• japoński alfabet ― Japanese alphabet
• obcy alfabet ― a foreign alphabet
• swoisty alfabet ― a peculiar alphabet
• specjalny alfabet ― a special alphabet
• oficjalny alfabet ― an official alphabet
• zwykły alfabet ― an ordinaryalphabet
• osobisty alfabet ― a personal alphabet
• europejski alfabet ― a European alphabet
• nowy alfabet ― a new alphabet
• pełny alfabet ― a full alphabet
• podstawowy alfabet ― a basic alphabet
• ludzki alfabet ― a human alphabet
• mały alfabet ― a little alphabet
• stary alfabet ― an old alphabet
• pierwszy alfabet ― the first alphabet
• alfabet palcowy ― a finger alphabet
• alfabet sylabiczny/sylabowy ― a syllabic alphabet
• alfabet runiczny ― a runic alphabet
• alfabet semaforowy ― a semaphore alphabet
• alfabet migowy ― sign alphabet
• alfabet głuchoniemy ― manual alphabet
• alfabet tajny ― a secret alphabet
• alfabet łaciński ― Latin alphabet
• alfabet fenicki ― Phoenician alphabet
• alfabet cyrylicki ― Cyrillic alphabet
• alfabet hebrajski ― Hebraic alphabet
• alfabet grecki ― Greek alphabet
• alfabet ugarycki ― ugaritic alphabet
• alfabet arabski ― arabic alphabet
• alfabet etruski ― Etruscan alphabet
• alfabet spółgłoskowy ― consonantal alphabet
• alfabet dewanagari ― Devangari alphabet
• alfabet ujgurski ― Uigurian alphabet
• alfabet ormiański ― Armenian alphabet
• alfabet kaszubski ― Kashubian alphabet
• alfabet gruziński ― Georgian alphabet
• alfabet husycki ― Hussite alphabet
• alfabet górnołużycki ― Upper Lusatian alphabet
• alfabet gocki ― Gothic alphabet
• alfabet starogrecki ― Ancient Greek alphabet
• alfabet klinowy ― cuniform alphabet
• alfabet aramejski ― Aramaic alphabet
• alfabet mongolski ― Mongolian alphabet
• alfabet wietnamski ― Vietnamese alphabet
• alfabet joński ― Ionic alphabet
• alfabet środkowoeuropejski ― Central European alphabet
• alfabet etiopski ― Ethiopian alphabet
• alfabet semicki ― Semitic alphabet
• alfabet łotewski ― Latvian alphabet
• alfabet tatarski ― Tatar alphabet
• alfabet serbski ― Serbian alphabet
• alfabet rosyjski ― Russian alphabet
• alfabet koreański ― Korean alphabet
• alfabet kataloński ― Catalan alphabet
• alfabet egipski ― Egyptian alphabet
• alfabet ukraiński ― Ukrainian alphabet
• alfabet bułgarski ― Bulgarian alphabet
• alfabet albański ― Albanian alphabet
• alfabet turecki ― Turkish/Turkic alphabet
• alfabet macedoński ― Macedonian alphabet
• alfabet duński ― Danish alphabet
• alfabet rumuński ― Romanian alphabet
• alfabet czeski ― Czech alphabet
• alfabet angielski ― English alphabet
• alfabet białoruski ― Belarusian alphabet
• alfabet hiszpański ― Spanish alphabet
• alfabet słowacki ― Slovak alphabet
• alfabet śląski ― Silesian alphabet
• alfabet szwedzki ― Swedish alphabet
• alfabet niemiecki ― German alphabet
• alfabet francuski ― French alphabet
• alfabet rzymski ― Roman alphabet
• alfabet zachodni ― western alphabet
• alfabet narodowy ― national alphabet
• litera/literka alfabetu ― a letter of an alphabet
• znak alfabetu ― a sign/diacritic of an alphabet
• transliteracja alfabetu ― transliteration of an alphabet
• wynalazca alfabetu ― an alphabet's inventor/creator
• wynalazek alfabetu ― the invention/creation of alphabet
• znajomość alfabetu ― familiarity with/knowledge of an alphabet
• transkrypcja alfabetu ― transcription of an alphabet
• tajniki alfabetu ― the ins and outs of an alphabet
• twórca alfabetu ― the creator of an alphabet
• nauka alfabetu ― learning an alphabet
• użycie alfabetu ― use of an alphabet
• początek alfabetu ― the beginning/start of an alphabet
• koniec alfabetu ― the end of an alphabet
• wariant alfabetu ― a variant of an alphabet
• wersja alfabetu ― a version of an alphabet
• powstanie alfabetu ― the creation/arising of an alphabet
• symbol alfabetu ― a symbol of an alphabet
• kolejność alfabetu ― the order of an alphabet
• część alfabetu ― part of an alphabet
• autor alfabetu ― the author/creator of an alphabet
• forma alfabetu ― a form of an alphabet
• element alfabetu ― an element of an alphabet
• reszta alfabetu ― the rest of analphabet
• zmiana alfabetu ― a change to an alphabet
• podstawy alfabetu ― the basics of an alphabet
• historia alfabetu ― the history of an alphabet
• alfabet Brajla/Braille'a/brajlowski ― braille
• alfabet Morsa/Morse'a ― Morse code
• alfabet HangulHangul ― alphabet
• alfabet języka ― the alphabet of a language
• wystukiwać alfabetem Morse’a ― to tap out Morse code
• poznawać/poznać alfabet ― to learn/get to know an alphabet
• używać alfabetu ― to use alphabet
• zapisywać/zapisać alfabetem ― to write down in an alphabet
• przejąć alfabet ― to take alphabet
• wynaleźć alfabet ― to invent/create/come up with an alphabet
• znać alfabet ― to know alphabet
• uczyć/nauczyć alfabet ― to teach alphabet
• uczyć się/nauczyć się alfabetu ― to learn alphabet
• opracować alfabet ― to develop/work on an alphabet
• zawdzięczać alfabet komuś ― to owe an alphabet to someone (to have because of)
• wymyślić alfabet ― to come up with/think up an alphabet
• tworzyć/stworzyć alfabet ― to create alphabet
• wprowadzić alfabet ― to introduce an alphabet
• posługiwać alfabetem ― to use/make use of alphabet
• przypominać alfabet ― to resemble/look like an alphabet
• stosować alfabet ― to use an alphabet
• zastąpić alfabet ― to replace an alphabet
• umieć alfabet ― to know/be able to use an alphabet
• pisać/napisać/spisać alfabetem ― to write in an alphabet
• przyjąć alfabet ― to accept/take an alphabet
• zakodować alfabetem ― to code in an alphabet
• dostosować alfabetu do czegoś ― to adjust/adapt an alphabet
• wchodzić/wejść w skład alfabetu ― to be a part of an alphabet
• alfabet składa się z iluś liter ― an alphabet consists of some number of letters
• alfabet powstał ― an alphabet came about
• alfabet rozpowszechnił się ― an alphabet spread

Further reading

• alfabet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• alfabet in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “alfabet”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alfabet”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alfabet”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 24
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “alfabet”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alfabet”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alphabet, from Latin alphabetum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alfaˈbet/

Noun

alfabet n (plural alfabete)

1. alphabet

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alfabet	alfabetul		alfabete	alfabetele
genitive-dative	alfabet	alfabetului		alfabete	alfabetelor
vocative	alfabetule			alfabetelor

Derived terms

• alfabetiza

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalfaˌbeːt/

• Audio:

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Noun

alfabet n

1. alphabet

Declension

Declension of alfabet

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	alfabet	alfabets
	definite	alfabetet	alfabetets
plural	indefinite	alfabet	alfabets
	definite	alfabeten	alfabetens

Further reading

• alfabet in Svensk ordbok.

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌal.fa.ˈbɛːt/

• Audio:

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Noun

alfabet n

1. alphabet

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.fa.ˈbɛ/

Noun

alfabet m (plural alfabets)

1. alphabet

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