English Explanatory Dictionary

alphabetical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
literal

noun

Ellipsis of alphabetical jigsaw.

Pronunciation

/ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/ /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/ [ˌælfəˈbɛɾɪkəl] en-us-alphabetical.ogg /ˌæl.fəˈbet.ɪ.kəl/ [ˌæl.fəˈbeɾ.ɪ.kəl]

Word forms

alphabetical alphabeticals

Etymology

From Latin alphabēticus + -al. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.

Synonyms

alphabetic

Related words

alphabet alphabetize

Derived words

alphabeticality alphabetically alphabeticalness alphabetical order alphagram alphamerical alphamosaic ASCIIbetical nonalphabetical prealphabetical unalphabetical zetabetical

Translations

Arabic: أَلِفْبَائِيّ Arabic: أَبْجَدِيّ Bulgarian: а́збучен Catalan: alfabètic Czech: abecední Danish: alfabetisk Dutch: alfabetisch Esperanto: alfabeta Esperanto: litera Finnish: aakkos- Finnish: aakkosellinen French: alphabétique West-Frisian: alfabetysk Galician: alfabético German: alphabetisch Greek: αλφαβητικός Interlingua: alphabetic Irish: aibítreach Irish: aibítre Italian: alfabetico Japanese: アルファベットの Korean: 알파벳 Latin: abecedarius Macedonian: а́збучен Polish: alfabetyczny Polish: abecadłowy Polish: alfabetowy Portuguese: alfabético Romanian: alfabetic Russian: алфави́тный Scottish Gaelic: aibidileach Slovak: abecedný Spanish: alfabético Swedish: alfabetisk Turkish: alfabetik Turkish: abecesel Ukrainian: абетковий Ukrainian: алфавітний Venetan: alfabedego Volapük: lafabik

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