alphabétisme

French

Etymology

From alphabet +‎ -isme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.fa.be.tism/ ~ /al.fa.be.tizm/

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• Homophone: alphabétismes
• Hyphenation: al‧pha‧bé‧tisme

Noun

alphabétisme m (plural alphabétismes)

1. literacy, the characteristic of knowing how to read, write, and speak
2. alphabetism

Further reading

• “alphabétisme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.