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Definition of alphabet
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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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S
::
S () the
nineteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
consonant,
and is often
called
a
sibilant,
in
allusion
to its
hissing
sound.
It has two
principal
sounds;
one a mere
hissing,
as in sack, this; the other a vocal
hissing
(the same as that of z), as in is, wise.
Besides
these it
sometimes
has the
sounds
of sh and zh, as in sure,
measure.
It
generally
has its
hissing
sound at the
beginning
of
words,
but in the
middle
and at the end of words its sound is
determined
by
usage.
In a few words it
X
::
X () X, the
twenty-fourth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
has three
sounds;
a
compound
nonvocal
sound (that of ks), as in wax; a
compound
vocal sound (that of gz), as in
example;
and, at the
beginning
of a word, a
simple
vocal sound (that of z), as in
xanthic.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 217, 270, 271..
Vocabulary
::
Vocabulary
(n.) A list or
collection
of words
arranged
in
alphabetical
order and
explained;
a
dictionary
or
lexicon,
either
of a whole
language,
a
single
work or
author,
a
branch
of
science,
or the like; a
word-book..
D
::
D () The
fourth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a vocal
consonant.
The
English
letter
is from
Latin,
which is from
Greek,
which took it from
Ph/nician,
the
probable
ultimate
origin
being
Egyptian.
It is
related
most
nearly
to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng.
daughter,
G.
tochter,
Gr.
qyga`thr,
Skr.
duhitr.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
Ã178,
179, 229..
Alphabetize
::
Alphabetize
(v. t.) To
furnish
with an
alphabet.
Alphabetical
::
Alphabetical
(a.)
Pertaining
to,
furnished
with,
expressed
by, or in the order of, the
letters
of the
alphabet;
as,
alphabetic
characters,
writing,
languages,
arrangement..
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
Alphabetical
::
Alphabetical
(a.)
Literal.
Alphabetize
::
Alphabetize
(v. t.) To
arrange
alphabetically;
as, to
alphabetize
a list of
words..
E
::
E () The fifth
letter
of the
English
alphabet.
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..
Gamma
::
Gamma (n.) The third
letter
(/, / = Eng. G) of the Greek
alphabet..
A
::
A () The first
letter
of the
English
and of many other
alphabets.
The
capital
A of the
alphabets
of
Middle
and
Western
Europe,
as also the small
letter
(a),
besides
the forms in
Italic,
black
letter,
etc., are all
descended
from the old Latin A, which was
borrowed
from the Greek
Alpha,
of the same form; and this was made from the first
letter
(/) of the
Phoenician
alphabet,
the
equivalent
of the
Hebrew
Aleph,
and
itself
from the
Egyptian
origin.
The Aleph was a
consonant
letter,
with a
guttural
Font
::
Font (n.) A
complete
assortment
of
printing
type of one size,
including
a due
proportion
of all the
letters
in the
alphabet,
large and
small,
points,
accents,
and
whatever
else is
necessary
for
printing
with that
variety
of
types;
a
fount..
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..
Index
::
Index (n.) A table for
facilitating
reference
to
topics,
names,
and the like, in a book; --
usually
alphabetical
in
arrangement,
and
printed
at the end of the
volume..
Q
::
Q () the
seventeenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
has but one sound (that of k), and is
always
followed
by u, the two
letters
together
being
sounded
like kw,
except
in some words in which the u is
silent.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
/ 249. Q is not found in
Anglo-Saxon,
cw being used
instead
of qu; as in cwic,
quick;
cwen,
queen.
The name (k/) is from the
French
ku, which is from the Latin name of the same
letter;
its form is from the
Latin,
which
derived
it,
through
a Greek
alphabet,
from th
Iota
::
Iota (n.) The ninth
letter
of the Greek
alphabet
(/)
corresponding
with the
English
i.
Y
::
Y () Y, the
twenty-fifth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
at the
beginning
of a word or
syllable,
except
when a
prefix
(see Y-), is
usually
a
fricative
vocal
consonant;
as a
prefix,
and
usually
in the
middle
or at the end of a
syllable,
it is a
vowel.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 145,
178-9,
272..
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..
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