English Explanatory Dictionary

alphabetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
noun
  1. An alphabetic character; a letter of the alphabet.

Pronunciation

/ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪk/ en-us-alphabetic.ogg

Word forms

alphabetic alphabetick alphabetics

Etymology

Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.

Synonyms

alphabetical

Related words

alphabetize alphameric alphamerical alphamerically alphanumber alphanumeric alphanumerical alphanumerically alphasyllabary alphasyllabic alphasyllabical alphasyllabically

Derived words

alphabetician alphabeticise alphabeticity alphabeticize alphamagic square analphabetic holoalphabetic monoalphabetic multialphabetic nonalphabetic polyalphabetic prealphabetic unalphabetic
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