alphabet

Definitions


[ˈalfəbɛt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order used to represent the basic set of speech sounds of a language, especially the set of letters from A to Z
(e.g: the first letter of the alphabet)


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Origin:
early 16th century: from late Latin alphabetum, from Greek alpha, bēta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet




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