Esperanto

Noun

alfabeto ‎(accusative singular alfabeton, plural alfabetoj, accusative plural alfabetojn)

1. (grammar) alphabet

Galician

Noun

alfabeto m ‎(plural alfabetos)

1. alphabet

Related terms

• alfabético
• alfabetizar

External links

• “alfabeto” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Ido

Noun

alfabeto (plural alfabeti)

1. (grammar) alphabet

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek αλφάβητος ‎(alphábētos), from alpha and beta (the first two letters of the Greek alphabet), from Phoenician 𐤀 ‎(aleph, “ox”) and 𐤁 ‎(beth, “house”), so called because they were pictograms of those objects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.faˈbɛ.to/, [älfäˈbɛːt̪o]
• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧bè‧to

Noun

alfabeto m ‎(plural alfabeti)

1. alphabet

Synonyms

• (obsolete) abecedario

Related terms

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• alphabeto (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος ‎(alphábētos).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɫ.fɐ.ˈβɛ.tu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.fa.ˈbɛ.tu/
• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧be‧to

Noun

alfabeto m (plural alfabetos)

1. alphabet

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος ‎(alphábētos).

Noun

alfabeto m ‎(plural alfabetos)

1. alphabet

Related terms

• alfabético
• alfabetizar

Etymology 2

Back-formation from analfabeto.

Adjective

alfabeto m ‎(feminine singular alfabeta, masculine plural alfabetos, feminine plural alfabetas)

1. literate

Noun

alfabeto m ‎(plural alfabetos, feminine alfabeta)

1. literate person

Related terms

• alfabetismo

External links

• “alfabeto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2001.