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Definition of alphabet
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of alphabet is as below...
Alphabet
(n.) The
letters
of a
language
arranged
in the
customary
order;
the
series
of
letters
or signs which form the
elements
of
written
language.
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Dictionary
::
Dictionary
(n.)
Hence,
a book
containing
the words
belonging
to any
system
or
province
of
knowledge,
arranged
alphabetically;
as, a
dictionary
of
medicine
or of
botany;
a
biographical
dictionary..
P
::
P () the
sixteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
nonvocal
consonant
whose form and value come from the
Latin,
into which
language
the
letter
was
brought,
through
the
ancient
Greek,
from the
Phoenician,
its
probable
origin
being
Egyptian.
Etymologically
P is most
closely
related
to b, f, and v; as
hobble,
hopple;
father,
paternal;
recipient,
receive.
See B, F, and M..
I
::
I () I, the ninth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
takes its form from the
Phoenician,
through
the Latin and the
Greek.
The
Phoenician
letter
was
probably
of
Egyptian
origin.
Its
original
value was
nearly
the same as that of the
Italian
I, or long e as in mete.
Etymologically
I is most
closely
related
to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent,
beverage,
L.
bibere;
E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS.
/ynne;
E.
dominion,
donjon,
dungeon..
K
::
K () the
eleventh
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is
nonvocal
consonant.
The form and sound of the
letter
K are from the
Latin,
which used the
letter
but
little
except
in the early
period
of the
language.
It came into the Latin from the
Greek,
which
received
it from a
Phoenician
source,
the
ultimate
origin
probably
being
Egyptian.
Etymologically
K is most
nearly
related
to c, g, h
(which
see)..
One-hand
::
One-hand
(a.)
Employing
one hand; as, the
one-hand
alphabet.
See
Dactylology..
Do
::
Do (n.) A
syllable
attached
to the first tone of the major
diatonic
scale for the
purpose
of
solmization,
or
solfeggio.
It is the first of the seven
syllables
used by the
Italians
as manes of
musical
tones,
and
replaced,
for the sake of
euphony,
the
syllable
Ut,
applied
to the note C. In
England
and
America
the same
syllables
are used by mane as a scale
pattern,
while the tones in
respect
to
absolute
pitch are named from the first seven
letters
of the
alphabet..
Abecedary
::
Abecedary
(a.)
Pertaining
to, or
formed
by, the
letters
of the
alphabet;
alphabetic;
hence,
rudimentary..
Lexicon
::
Lexicon
(n.) A
vocabulary,
or book
containing
an
alphabetical
arrangement
of the words in a
language
or of a
considerable
number
of them, with the
definition
of each; a
dictionary;
especially,
a
dictionary
of the
Greek,
Hebrew,
or Latin
language..
Gazetteer
::
Gazetteer
(n.) An
alphabetical
descriptive
list of
anything.
F
::
F () F is the sixth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a
nonvocal
consonant.
Its form and sound are from the
Latin.
The Latin
borrowed
the form from the Greek
digamma
/, which
probably
had the value of
English
w
consonant.
The form and value of Greek
letter
came from the
Phoenician,
the
ultimate
source
being
probably
Egyptian.
Etymologically
f is most
closely
related
to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr.
pe`nte;
E. wolf, L.
lupus,
Gr.
ly`kos;
E. fox, vixen ;
fragile,
break;
fruit,
brook,
v. t.;
Alphabetical
::
Alphabetical
(a.)
Literal.
Alphabet
::
Alphabet
(n.) The
simplest
rudiments;
elements.
Transliteration
::
Transliteration
(n.) The act or
product
of
transliterating,
or of
expressing
words of a
language
by means of the
characters
of
another
alphabet..
Hornbook
::
Hornbook
(n.) The first book for
children,
or that from which in
former
times they
learned
their
letters
and
rudiments;
-- so
called
because
a sheet of horn
covered
the
small,
thin board of oak, or the slip of
paper,
on which the
alphabet,
digits,
and often the
Lord's
Prayer,
were
written
or
printed;
a
primer..
B
::
B () is the
second
letter
of the
English
alphabet.
(See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 196, 220.) It is
etymologically
related
to p, v, f, w and m ,
letters
representing
sounds
having
a close
organic
affinity
to its own
sound;
as in Eng.
bursar
and
purser;
Eng. bear and Lat.
ferre;
Eng.
silver
and Ger.
silber;
Lat.
cubitum
and It.
gomito;
Eng.
seven,
Anglo-Saxon
seofon,
Ger.
sieben,
Lat.
septem,
Gr.epta`,
Sanskrit
saptan.
The form of
letter
B is
Roman,
from Greek B
(Beta),
of
Semitic
origin.
The sma
Catalogue
::
Catalogue
(n.) A list or
enumeration
of
names,
or
articles
arranged
methodically,
often in
alphabetical
order;
as, a
catalogue
of the
students
of a
college,
or of
books,
or of the
stars..
Cipher
::
Cipher
(n.) A
private
alphabet,
system
of
characters,
or other mode of
writing,
contrived
for the safe
transmission
of
secrets;
also, a
writing
in such
characters..
Alphabet
::
Alphabet
(v. t.) To
designate
by the
letters
of the
alphabet;
to
arrange
alphabetically.
U
::
U () the
twenty-first
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
cursive
form of the
letter
V, with which it was
formerly
used
interchangeably,
both
letters
being then used both as
vowels
and
consonants.
U and V are now,
however,
differentiated,
U being used only as a vowel or
semivowel,
and V only as a
consonant.
The true
primary
vowel sound of U, in
Anglo-Saxon,
was the sound which it still
retains
in most of the
languages
of
Europe,
that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood,
answering
t
T
::
T () the
twentieth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
nonvocal
consonant.
With the
letter
h it forms the
digraph
th, which has two
distinct
sounds,
as in thin, then. See Guide to
Pronunciation,
//262-264,
and also
//153,
156, 169, 172, 176,
178-180..
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