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Definition of alphabet
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Alphabet
(v. t.) To
designate
by the
letters
of the
alphabet;
to
arrange
alphabetically.
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O
::
O () O, the
fifteenth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
derives
its form,
value,
and name from the Greek O,
through
the
Latin.
The
letter
came into the Greek from the
Ph/nician,
which
possibly
derived
it
ultimately
from the
Egyptian.
Etymologically,
the
letter
o is most
closely
related
to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E.
stone,
AS. stan; E.
broke,
AS.
brecan
to
break;
E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune;
number,
F.
nombre..
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..
Kyriological
::
Kyriological
(a.)
Serving
to
denote
objects
by
conventional
signs or
alphabetical
characters;
as, the
original
Greek
alphabet
of
sixteen
letters
was
called
kyriologic,
because
it
represented
the pure
elementary
sounds.
See
Curiologic..
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
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
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..
Acrostic
::
Acrostic
(n.) A
Hebrew
poem in which the lines or
stanzas
begin with the
letters
of the
alphabet
in
regular
order (as Psalm
cxix.).
See
Abecedarian.
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..
Transliterate
::
Transliterate
(v. t.) To
express
or
represent
in the
characters
of
another
alphabet;
as, to
transliterate
Sanskrit
words by means of
English
letters..
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..
Alphabetic
::
Alphabetic
(a.) Alt. of
Alphabetica.
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..
G
::
G () G is the
seventh
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
and a vocal
consonant.
It has two
sounds;
one
simple,
as in gave, go, gull; the other
compound
(like that of j), as in gem, gin,
dingy.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
//
231-6,
155, 176, 178, 179, 196, 211, 246..
Read
::
Read (v. t.) To go over, as
characters
or
words,
and utter
aloud,
or
recite
to one's self
inaudibly;
to take in the sense of, as of
language,
by
interpreting
the
characters
with which it is
expressed;
to
peruse;
as, to read a
discourse;
to read the
letters
of an
alphabet;
to read
figures;
to read the notes of
music,
or to read
music;
to read a
book..
N
::
N () the
fourteenth
letter
of
English
alphabet,
is a vocal
consonent,
and, in
allusion
to its mode of
formation,
is
called
the
dentinasal
or
linguanasal
consonent.
Its
commoner
sound is that heard in ran, done; but when
immediately
followed
in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in
single,
sink,
conquer),
it
usually
represents
the same sound as the
digraph
ng in sing,
bring,
etc. This is a
simple
but
related
sound,
and is
called
the
gutturo-nasal
consonent.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
Alphabetism
::
Alphabetism
(n.) The
expression
of
spoken
sounds
by an
alphabet.
Digamma
::
Digamma
(n.) A
letter
(/, /) of the Greek
alphabet,
which early fell into
disuse..
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..
Alphabetarian
::
Alphabetarian
(n.) A
learner
of the
alphabet;
an
abecedarian.
H
::
H () the
eighth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is
classed
among the
consonants,
and is
formed
with the mouth
organs
in the same
position
as that of the
succeeding
vowel.
It is used with
certain
consonants
to form
digraphs
representing
sounds
which are not found in the
alphabet,
as sh, th, /, as in
shall,
thing,
/ine (for zh see
/274);
also, to
modify
the
sounds
of some other
letters,
as when
placed
after c and p, with the
former
of which it
represents
a
compound
sound like that of tsh, as in ch
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