"Greek alphabet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Greek alphabets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Greek alphabet (plural Greek alphabets)
  1. The 24-letter alphabet of the Greek language, first adopted by Athens in 403 BC and now consisting of the following upper- (majuscule) and lower-case (minuscule) pairs: Categories (topical): Alphabets Synonyms: Euclidean alphabet Synonyms (ISO): Grek Synonyms (imprecise): Ionic alphabet Related terms: Greek number and measurement, Wiktionary:Greek transliteration and Ancient Greek romanization and pronunciation
    Sense id: en-Greek_alphabet-en-noun-HZcrbhQn Disambiguation of Alphabets: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Greek Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 79 21 Disambiguation of Greek: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'ISO': 70 30 Disambiguation of 'imprecise': 76 24
  2. (historical, countable) Other ("epichoric") forms of this alphabet, both prior and subsequent, sometimes they include: Tags: countable, historical
    Sense id: en-Greek_alphabet-en-noun-Lc18my8K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms (epichoric alphabets): Attic alphabet, Corinthian alphabet, Euboean alphabet, Ionic alphabet, Old Attic alphabet
Disambiguation of 'epichoric alphabets': 52 48

Inflected forms

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