German

Noun

Alfabet n ‎(genitive Alfabets or Alfabetes, plural Alfabete)

1. (rarer) Alternative form of Alphabet; alphabet (the set of letters used when writing in a language)

Usage notes

• The spelling Alfabet was deprecated in 1902 in the German spelling standardisation of the Second Orthographic Conference.

Albanian

Noun

alfabet m (definite singular alfabeti)

1. alphabet

Catalan

Noun

alfabet m ‎(plural alfabets)

1. alphabet

Derived terms

• alfabètic
• alfabèticament
• alfabet fonètic m

Danish

Noun

alfabet n (singular definite alfabetet, plural indefinite alfabeter)

1. alphabet

Declension

Derived terms

• alfabetisere

References

• “alfabet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

alfabet n ‎(plural alfabetten, diminutive alfabetje n)

1. alphabet

Indonesian

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)

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

alfabet

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

Synonyms

• abjad

Norwegian Bokmål

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 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
• morsealfabet

Related terms

• analfabet

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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.

Synonyms

• bokstavrekkje, skrift

Derived terms

• alfabetisk
• alfabetisere
• morsealfabet

Related terms

• analfabet

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

alfabet m inan

1. alphabet

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

French alphabet, from Latin alphabetum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [alfaˈbet]

Noun

alfabet n ‎(plural alfabete)

1. alphabet

Declension

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

Derived terms

• alfàbētskī

References

• “alfabet” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈalfaˌbeːt/

Noun

alfabet n

1. alphabet

Declension

Vilamovian

Pronunciation

Noun

alfabet n

1. alphabet