The letters used to write a language are its alphabet. The English alphabet consists of 26 letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Upper Case a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s [..]

1570s, from Late Latin alphabetum (Tertullian), from Greek alphabetos, from alpha + beta. Alphabet soup first attested 1907. Words for it in Old English included stæfræw, literally "row of letter [..]

Devised for reasons of clarity in aviation voice radio, this is the current NATO version in global use: ALFA    BRAVO    CHARLEY    DELTA    ECHO    FOXTROT    GOLF HOTEL    INDIA    JULIET    KILO    [..]

system of writing in which each symbol ideally represents one sound unit in the spoken language.

a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language rudiment: the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural); "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry& [..]

all the letters used in a language, arranged in a special order

An ordered set of all the letters used in a language, including letters with diacritical signs where appropriate, but not including punctuation marks. 2. An ordered set of all the symbols used in a language, including punctuation marks, numeric digits, nonprinting control characters, and other symbols. Note: Examples of alphabets include the Roman [..]

Devised for reasons of clarity in aviation voice radio, this is the current NATO version in global use: ALFA BRAVO CHARLEY DELTA ECHO FOXTROT GOLF HOTEL INDIA JULIET KILO LIMA MIKE NOVEMBER OSCAR PAPA [..]

Nickname for a Marine whose real name was to hard to pronounce. Usage: "Hey Alphabet. Why don't ya' go over to legal and see if you can get your named changed to somethin' we c [..]

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a group of letters or symbols, typically indexed in a precise way, that are utilized to symbolize the fundamental conversation sounds of a dialect in print. With regard to language, the terminology is [..]

alef-beys (or) alefbeys

alfabet

The complete set of characters used to write or indicate the speech sounds of a language, usually arranged in traditional order. The roman alphabet used in writing the English language contains 26 let [..]

the measurement of a complete set of lower case alphabet characters in a given type size expressed in points or picas.

The set of symbols that defines a particular language. See: Language.

A set of glyphs used to compose words in a given language. English uses A-Z with lower case variant a-z. Other languages include accented letters. Unicode supports many alphabets with nothing in commo [..]

(n) a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language(n) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

This is the only word compounded of letters only. The Greek alpha (a) beta (b); our A B C (book), etc.

A system of letters intended to represent the sounds of a language in writing. For all west European languages the Latin alphabet has been the outset for their writing systems. However, because each l [..]

1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language. 2. The simplest rudiments; elements. "The very alphabet of our law." (Macaulay) Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology. Origin: L. Alphabetum, fr. Gr. +, the first two Greek letters; Heb. Aleph and bet [..]

Don't come here with "D as in David" or "P as in Paul." Here's the proper Navy spelling code (only the entries that have extra comments are linked): Alpha (see above), Br [..]

Alpha, Bravo, Charlie (shar-lee), Delta, Echo, Foxtrot (often shortened to Fox), Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima (pronounced as the city not the bean), Mike, November, Oscar (oss-kah), Papa, Quebec (kay-beck), Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform (oo-nee-form), Victor (vik-tah), Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Use these in casual conversation anywher [..]

 ordered set of letters of a language – our English language consists of 26 letters A – Z

1. An ordered set of all the letters used in a language, including letters with diacritical signs where appropriate, but not including punctuation marks. 2. An ordered set of all the symbols used in a language, including punctuation marks, numeric digits, nonprinting control characters, and other symbols. Note: Examples of alphabets include the Rom [..]

The set of letters used when writing in a language. (The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.) (In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.) A writing system [..]

alphabet the set of letters used when writing in a language

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An alphabet is a system of symbols (letters) used to represent the phonemes (sounds) of a language. It is a writing system.There are three types of alphabets: Abjads only represent consonant sounds; v [..]

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