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    Alphabet

    Definitions

    1 | noun | a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language 2 | noun | the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

    Pronunciation

    'alfuhb, et (IPA: ˈælfəbˌɛt)

    Hyphenation

    al-pha-bet (8 letters | 3 syllables)

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    First known use in English

    1567 (Elizabethan era | European Renaissance) (458 years ago)

    Word origins

    Latin | Modern Greek |

    Word frequency history

    Inflected form

    alphabets

    Synonyms

    ABC | ABC's | ABCs | first principle | first rudiment | rudiment (total: 6)

    Narrower terms

    Arabic alphabet | Armenian | Armenian alphabet | Cyrillic | Cyrillic alphabet | finger alphabet | Greek alphabet | Hebraic alphabet | Hebrew alphabet | Hebrew script | Latin alphabet | manual alphabet | phonetic alphabet | Roman alphabet | sound alphabet (total: 15)

    Broader terms

    character set | script | basic principle | basics | bedrock | fundamental principle | fundamentals (total: 7)

    Rhymes

    (none among common words)

    Lexically close words

    alphabeted | alphabetic

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrases

    alphabet soup | letter of the alphabet

    Translations

    Mandarin Chinese: | 字母表 (noun) Hindi: | वर्णमाला (noun) Arabic: | الأَلِفباء (noun) Spanish: | alfabeto (general) French: | alphabet (general)

    Other notable uses

    alphabet.com | alphabet.net | alphabet.org | alphabet.info | alphabet.biz (total: 5)

    Crossword puzzle clues

    Cast of characters? | Kind of soup (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

    Scrabble score

    15 (International English) | 15 (North American English)

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