"aleph" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɑˌlɛf/, /ˈɑˌlɪf/ Forms: alephs [plural], alef [alternative], alif [alternative], alaph [alternative], olaph [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אלף (álef). Doublet of alpha and alif. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|he|אלף|tr=álef}} Borrowed from Hebrew אלף (álef), {{doublet|en|alpha|alif}} Doublet of alpha and alif Head templates: {{en-noun}} aleph (plural alephs)
  1. The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif). Translations (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script): أَلِف (ʔalif) [masculine] (Arabic), ا [symbol] (Arabic), ܐܠܦ (ʾālaf) [Classical-Syriac, feminine] (Aramaic), ܐ [Classical-Syriac, symbol] (Aramaic), ալեֆ (alef) (Armenian), àlef [feminine] (Catalan), 阿列夫 (ālièfū) (Chinese Mandarin), 阿利夫 (ālìfu) [Arabic, also, letter] (Chinese Mandarin), 艾利夫 (àilìfu) (Chinese Mandarin), اَلِف (alif) (Dari), ا [symbol] (Dari), alef (Finnish), aleph [masculine] (French), alef [masculine] (French), ალეფი (alepi) (Georgian), Aleph [Hebrew, letter, neuter] (German), Alef [Hebrew, letter, neuter] (German), άλεφ (álef) [neuter] (Greek), אָלֶף (álef) [feminine] (Hebrew), א [symbol] (Hebrew), अलिफ़ (alif) (Hindi), اَلِف (alef) (Iranian Persian), ا [symbol] (Iranian Persian), alef [feminine, masculine] (Italian), アレフ (arefu) (Japanese), アリフ (arifu) [Arabic, letter] (Japanese), 알레프 (allepeu) (Korean), 알리프 (allipeu) [Arabic, letter] (Korean), алеф (alef) [masculine] (Macedonian), alif (Malay), الف (alíf) [masculine] (Pashto), alef [masculine] (Polish), alef [masculine] (Portuguese), а́леф (álef) [masculine] (Russian), а́лиф (álif) [Arabic, letter, masculine] (Russian), алеф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), alef [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), álef [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), อาเลฟ (Thai), elif (Turkish), اَلِف (alif) [masculine] (Urdu), ا [symbol] (Urdu), אַלף (alef) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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  2. (mathematics) The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set.
    Sense id: en-aleph-en-noun-QNE7VLvI Categories (other): Mathematics Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aleph-beth, aleph-null, aleph-one, aleph-zero, since aleph Related terms: alpha

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "lang_code": "th",
          "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
          "word": "อาเลฟ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang_code": "tr",
          "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
          "word": "elif"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "roman": "alif",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "اَلِف"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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            "symbol"
          ],
          "word": "ا"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "lang_code": "yi",
          "roman": "alef",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "אַלף"
        }
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          "text": "The axiom of choice is equivalent to the proposition that every infinite cardinal is an aleph."
        }
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        "The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set."
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        "(mathematics) The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set."
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑˌlɛf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑˌlɪf/"
    }
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}
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    "Terms with Armenian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Pashto translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Urdu translations",
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        "alternative"
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      "form": "alaph",
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        "alternative"
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        "The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif)."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑˌlɪf/"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ʔalif",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أَلِف"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "symbol"
      ],
      "word": "ا"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "lang_code": "syc",
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      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܐܠܦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
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      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "symbol"
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      "word": "ܐ"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "hy",
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      "word": "ալեֆ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "àlef"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "ālièfū",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "阿列夫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "ālìfu",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "also",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "阿利夫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "àilìfu",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "艾利夫"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "alef"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aleph"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alef"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "lang_code": "ka",
      "roman": "alepi",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "ალეფი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "letter",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Aleph"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Hebrew",
        "letter",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Alef"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "álef",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "άλεφ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
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      "lang_code": "he",
      "roman": "álef",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אָלֶף"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "symbol"
      ],
      "word": "א"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "alif",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "अलिफ़"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "arefu",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "アレフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "arifu",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "アリフ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "allepeu",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "알레프"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "allipeu",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "알리프"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "alef",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "алеф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "alif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "lang_code": "ps",
      "roman": "alíf",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "الف"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "lang_code": "prs",
      "roman": "alif",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "اَلِف"
    },
    {
      "code": "prs",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "lang_code": "prs",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "symbol"
      ],
      "word": "ا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "roman": "alef",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "اَلِف"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "symbol"
      ],
      "word": "ا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alef"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alef"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "álef",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а́леф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "álif",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "letter",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а́лиф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "алеф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alef"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "álef"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "อาเลฟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "word": "elif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "roman": "alif",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اَلِف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "lang_code": "ur",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "symbol"
      ],
      "word": "ا"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "alef",
      "sense": "first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַלף"
    }
  ],
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    "aleph"
  ],
  "word": "aleph"
}

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