alfabet
Catalan
Pronunciation
Danish
Declension
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | alfabet | alfabetet | alfabeter | alfabeterne |
genitive | alfabets | alfabetets | alfabeters | alfabeternes |
Derived terms
- alfabetisere
Dutch
Alternative forms
- alphabet (dated)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch alphabeet, from Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑl.faːˌbɛt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: al‧fa‧bet
Derived terms
- alfabetisch
- alfabetiseren
- alfabetisme
Related terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch alfabet, from Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
Malay
Etymology
From English alphabet, from Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfabet/
- Rhymes: -abet, -bet, -et
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from ἄλφα (álpha) and βῆτα (bêta), the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, from Phoenician and Classical Hebrew aleph (ox) and beth (house), so called because their shape resembled or represented these objects.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfabeːt/, [ɑl.fɑ.ˈbeːt]
Noun
alfabet n (definite singular alfabetet, indefinite plural alfabet or alfabeter, definite plural alfabeta or alfabetene)
- alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- Skal man lese må man kunne alfabetet.
- If you want to read you have to know the alphabet.
- Det latinske og kyrilliske alfabetet.
- The Latin and Cyrillic alphabet.
Synonyms
- bokstavrekke, skrift
Derived terms
- alfabetisk
- alfabetisere
- det internasjonale fonetiske alfabetet
- morsealfabet
Related terms
References
- “alfabet” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “alfabet” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "alphabet"
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from alpha and beta, the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, from Phoenician and Classical Hebrew aleph (ox) and beth (house), so called because their shape resembled or represented these objects.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfabeːt/, [ɑl.fɑ.ˈbeːt]
Noun
alfabet n (definite singular alfabetet, indefinite plural alfabet, definite plural alfabeta)
- alphabet (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- Skal ein lese må ein kunne alfabetet.
- If you want to read you have to know the alphabet.
- Det latinske og kyrilliske alfabetet.
- The Latin and Cyrillic alphabet.
Synonyms
- bokstavrekkje, skrift
Derived terms
- alfabetisk
- alfabetisere
- det internasjonale fonetiske alfabetet
- morsealfabet
Related terms
References
- “alfabet” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “alfabet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Online Etymology Dictionary entry on "alphabet"
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈlfa.bɛt/
audio (file)
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French alphabet, from Latin alphabetum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfaˈbet/
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) alfabet | alfabetul | (niște) alfabete | alfabetele |
genitive/dative | (unui) alfabet | alfabetului | (unor) alfabete | alfabetelor |
vocative | alfabetule | alfabetelor |
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alfǎbeːt/
- Hyphenation: al‧fa‧bet
Declension
Derived terms
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈalfaˌbeːt/
Declension
Declension of alfabet | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | alfabet | alfabetet | alfabet | alfabeten |
Genitive | alfabets | alfabetets | alfabets | alfabetens |
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔlfabɛt/, /ˈalfabɛt/
Further reading
- “alfabet”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011