alphabetnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæl.fə.bet/us/ˈæl.fə.bet/B1 a set of letters arranged in a fixed order, used for writing a language:
the Roman/Cyrillic alphabet
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- On the road signs, the Greek place names have been transliterated into the Latin alphabet.
- Z comes after Y in the alphabet.
- The ninth letter of the alphabet is I.
- The letters had been placed in organized piles, one for each letter of the alphabet.
- Transcribing the Ethiopian text into the English alphabet was their first task.
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Letters of alphabets
- A, a
- alphabetic
- B, b
- C, c
- chi
- I, i
- iota
- J, j
- K, k
- kappa
- phi
- psi
- Q, q
- R, r
- rho
- xi
- Y, y
- Z, z
- zed
- zee
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Lettering & alphabets