The set of letters used when writing in a language.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.Africa, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, dialectal, nonstandard
The simplest rudiments; elements.
An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.Internet
Forms
plural
alphabets
Example sentences206 results
When the school had no books or paper or pencils, she wrote the alphabet on the ground with a stick.
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