When the school had no books or paper or pencils, she wrote the alphabet on the ground with a stick.
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Alphabet
//ˈæl.fəˌbɛt//
Synonyms for "alphabet" (110 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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More general
8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
10 entriesderived
75 entriesShowing 16 of 75 words.
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2 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
4 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
267 translations across 159 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- алфавит noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Adyghe
1 entries- тхыпкъылъэ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Afar
1 entries- abatasa noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Afrikaans
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Albanian
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Amharic
1 entries- ፊደል noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀλφάβητος noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Arabic
4 entries- أَبْجَد noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- أَبْجَدِيَّة noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- أَلِفْبَاء noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- أَلِفْبَائِيَّة noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܐܠܦܒܝܬ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Armenian
1 entries- այբուբեն noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Assamese
1 entries- বৰ্ণমালা noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Asturian
1 entries- alfabetu noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- əlifba noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Bashkir
1 entries- әлифба noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Basque
1 entries- alfabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Belarusian
4 entries- а́збука noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- абэцэ́да noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- абяца́дла noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфаві́т noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Bengali
1 entries- বর্ণমালা noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Bikol Central
1 entries- alpabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Breton
1 entries- lizherenneg noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Bulgarian
2 entries- а́збука noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфави́та noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Burmese
1 entries- အက္ခရာ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Buryat
2 entries- сагаан толгой noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- үзэг бэшэг noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Carpathian Rusyn
2 entries- а́збука noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфаві́т noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Catalan
2 entries- abecedari noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Chechen
1 entries- абат noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Chinese
2 entries- зыму noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- элифбе noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 字母 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- 字母表 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 字母 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- 字母系統 /字母系统 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- 字母表 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- 音素文字 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Church Slavic
2 entries- азъбоукꙑ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- аꙁъбоукꙑ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Chuvash
1 entries- алфавит noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Cornish
2 entries- abecedari noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- lytherennek noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Corsican
1 entries- alfabetu noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- alfavit noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- elifbe noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Czech
1 entries- abeceda noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Danish
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Dari
1 entries- اَلِفْبَا noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Dhivehi
1 entries- އަލިފުބާ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Dinka
1 entries- kïndegɔ̈t noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Dutch
2 entries- ABC noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Esperanto
2 entries- alfabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabeto noun (in computer science)
Estonian
2 entries- alfabeet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- tähestik noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Farefare
1 entries- alfabetum noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Faroese
3 entries- bókstavarað noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- stavarað noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- stavrað noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Finnish
3 entries- aakkoset noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- aakkosisto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- aakkosto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
French
1 entries- alphabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Gagauz
1 entries- alfavit noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Galician
1 entries- alfabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Georgian
1 entries- ანბანი noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
German
3 entries- Abc noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- Alphabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- Alphabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Greek
2 entries- αλφάβητο noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- αλφαβήτα noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Greenlandic
3 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- oqaasiliuutissat noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- qanermissarissat noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Gujarati
1 entries- મૂળાક્ષર noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- abese noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Hausa
2 entries- abjàdī noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- ā̀bā̀cā̀dâ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Hawaiian
1 entries- pīʻāpā noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Hebrew
2 entries- אָלֶף־בֵּית noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- אָלֶפְבֵּית noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Hindi
3 entries- अक्षरमाला noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- मूलाक्षर noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- वर्णमाला noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Hungarian
1 entries- ábécé noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Icelandic
1 entries- stafróf noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Ido
1 entries- alfabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Igbo
1 entries- abịịdịị noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Indonesian
3 entries- abjad noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- aksara noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Ingrian
1 entries- alfavitta noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Interlingua
1 entries- alphabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- اَلِفْبا noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Irish
2 entries- aibidil noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- aibítir noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Italian
1 entries- alfabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Japanese
3 entries- アルファベット noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- 文字 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- 音素文字 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Javanese
2 entries- aksara noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabèt noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Kabardian
2 entries- тхыпкъылъэ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- хьэрыфылъэ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Kannada
1 entries- ಅಕ್ಷರಮಾಲೆ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Kashubian
1 entries- abecadło noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Kazakh
3 entries- алфавит noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- әліпби noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- әліппе noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Khmer
2 entries- អក្ខរក្រម noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- អក្សរ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Komi-Zyrian
2 entries- алфавит noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- анбур noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Korean
3 entries- 문자 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- 알파벳 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- 음소문자 noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Kumyk
1 entries- алифба noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- алиппе noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфавит noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Ladino
4 entries- alef bet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabeta noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabé noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alibé noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Lakota
1 entries- oówaptaya noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Lao
3 entries- ອັກສອນ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- ແມ່ກໍກາ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- ໂຕຫນັງສື noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Latin
2 entries- abecedārium noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alphabetum noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Latvian
1 entries- alfabēts noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Lithuanian
3 entries- abėcėlė noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabetas noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alphabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Alphabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Macedonian
1 entries- азбука noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Malagasy
1 entries- abidy noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Malay
4 entries- abjad noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- aksara noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- huruf noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- ابجد noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Malayalam
1 entries- അക്ഷരമാല noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Maltese
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Manx
1 entries- abbyrlhit noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Marathi
2 entries- मुळाक्षरे noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- वर्णमाला noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Middle English
1 entries- abece noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Mongolian
2 entries- цагаан толгой noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠᠢ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Māori
2 entries- arapū noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- tātai reta noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Navajo
2 entries- saad bee álʼíní noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- áábée noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Nepali
1 entries- वर्णमाला noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- alfabe noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Northern Sami
1 entries- alfabēhta noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Norwegian
2 entries- abc noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Occitan
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Odia
1 entries- ବର୍ଣ୍ଣମାଳା noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Old East Slavic
1 entries- азбукꙑ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Old English
2 entries- stæfrōf noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- stæfrǣw noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Old Irish
1 entries- apgitir noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Old Norse
1 entries- stafróf noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Oromo
1 entries- qubee noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Ossetian
2 entries- абетӕ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфавит noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Pannonian Rusyn
3 entries- абецеда noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- азбука noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфабет noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Pashto
1 entries- الفبې noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Pennsylvania German
3 entries- Aa-Be-Ze noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- Aabc noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- Aelfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Polish
2 entries- abecadło noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Portuguese
4 entries- abc noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- abecedário noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- abecê noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਵਰਨਮਾਲਾ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Romani
1 entries- alfabéto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Romanian
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Russian
2 entries- а́збука noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфави́т noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अक्षरसमाम्नाय noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- aibidil noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- abecéda noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfàbēt noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- àzbuka noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- а̀збука noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- alfabeʹtt noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Slovak
1 entries- abeceda noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Slovene
1 entries- abeceda noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Southern Altai
1 entries- таҥмалык noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Southern Sami
1 entries- alfabeete noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Spanish
2 entries- abecedario noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Sundanese
2 entries- alfabét noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alpabét noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Swahili
1 entries- alfabeti noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Swedish
2 entries- ABC noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Tagalog
2 entries- abakada noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alpabeto noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Tajik
1 entries- алифбо noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Tamil
2 entries- அகரவரிசை noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- நெடுங்கணக்கு noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Tatar
1 entries- әлифба noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Telugu
1 entries- అక్షరమాల noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Thai
2 entries- ตัวอักษร noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- อักษร noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Tibetan
1 entries- ཀ་ཁ noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ፊደል noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Turkish
2 entries- abece noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alfabe noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Turkmen
2 entries- alfawit noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- elipbiý noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Udi
1 entries- тӏетӏир noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Ukrainian
4 entries- а́збука noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- абе́тка noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфа́віт noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфаві́т noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Urdu
3 entries- اَبْجَد noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- اَلِف با noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- حَرُوفِ تَہَجی noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئالفابىت noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- ئېلىپبە noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Uzbek
2 entries- alfavit noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- alifbo noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bảng chữ cái noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Vilamovian
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Volapük
1 entries- lafab noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Võro
1 entries- tähistü noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Walloon
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Welsh
1 entries- gwyddor noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
West-Frisian
1 entries- alfabet noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Western Apache
2 entries- abcʼhí noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- biabcʼhíí noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Winnebago
1 entries- woowagax noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Yakut
2 entries- алпабыыт noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- алфавит noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Yiddish
4 entries- אַזבוקע noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- אַלף־בית noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- אַלפֿאַבעט noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- גלחות noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Yoruba
3 entries- ábídí noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- álífábẹ́ẹ̀tì noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
- ááfábẹ́tì noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
Yup'ik
1 entries- igat noun (an ordered set of letters used in a language)
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The English alphabet has 26 letters.
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