Roman alphabet

Ro·man alphabet

R0291800 (rō′mən)n. See Latin alphabet.

Roman alphabet

n (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans for the writing of Latin, based upon an Etruscan form derived from the Greeks and ultimately from the Phoenicians. The alphabet serves for writing most of the languages of W Europe and many other languages

Lat′in al′phabet

n. the alphabetical script derived from the Greek alphabet through Etruscan, used for the writing of Latin and adopted, with modifications and additions, by the languages of W Europe, including English. Also called Roman alphabet. [1865–70]

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Roman alphabet - the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western EuropeLatin alphabetalphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a languagebicameral script - a script having two distinct casesa - the 1st letter of the Roman alphabetb - the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabetc - the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabetd - the 4th letter of the Roman alphabete - the 5th letter of the Roman alphabetf - the 6th letter of the Roman alphabetg - the 7th letter of the Roman alphabeth - the 8th letter of the Roman alphabeti - the 9th letter of the Roman alphabetj - the 10th letter of the Roman alphabetk - the 11th letter of the Roman alphabetl - the 12th letter of the Roman alphabetm - the 13th letter of the Roman alphabetn - the 14th letter of the Roman alphabeto - the 15th letter of the Roman alphabetp - the 16th letter of the Roman alphabetq - the 17th letter of the Roman alphabetr - the 18th letter of the Roman alphabets - the 19th letter of the Roman alphabett - the 20th letter of the Roman alphabetu - the 21st letter of the Roman alphabetv - the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabetdouble-u, w - the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabetx, ex - the 24th letter of the Roman alphabetwye, y - the 25th letter of the Roman alphabetezed, izzard, zed, zee, z - the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet; "the British call Z zed and the Scots call it ezed but Americans call it zee"; "he doesn't know A from izzard"

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罗马字母

Roman

(ˈrəumən) adjective1. connected with Rome, especially ancient Rome. Roman coins. 古羅馬的 古罗马的2. (no capital) (of printing) in ordinary upright letters like these. 正體字 正体字 noun a person belonging to Rome, especially to ancient Rome. 古羅馬人 古罗马人Roman alphabet the alphabet in which Western European languages such as English are written. 拉丁字母 罗马字母（拉丁字母） Roman Catholic (also Catholic) (a member) of the Christian church which recognizes the Pope as its head. 羅馬天主教(徒) 罗马天主教徒Roman Catholicism (also Catholicism) the beliefs, government etc of the Roman Catholic Church. 羅馬天主教(會) 罗马天主教（会） Roman numerals I,II,III etc, as opposed to the Arabic numerals 1,2,3 etc. 羅馬數字 罗马数字