"Latin script" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Latin scripts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Latin script (countable and uncountable, plural Latin scripts)
  1. (broadly) The Latin alphabet. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Alphabets
    Sense id: en-Latin_script-en-noun-xwbpJrNn Disambiguation of Alphabets: 60 40
  2. (more precisely) The script (set of symbols) rooted in the Latin alphabet of ancient Rome and adapted over the centuries to form the alphabets of scores of other languages; like Cyrillic script, it corresponds to a family of alphabets rather than a single alphabet. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Latin_script-en-noun-cWQ~-x5P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82

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