"alphabet" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /al.fa.bɛ/ Audio: Fr-alphabet.ogg Forms: alphabets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛ Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), from ἄλφα (álpha) (Α,α) and βῆτα (bêta) (Β,β) (the first two letters of the Greek alphabet), from Phoenician aleph 𐤀 (ʾ, “ox”) and beth 𐤁 (b, “house”), so called because they were pictograms of those objects, having developed from the Egyptian hieroglyphs F1 (𓃾) and pr (𓉐). Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|LL.|alphabētum}} Borrowed from Late Latin alphabētum, {{der|fr|grc|ἀλφάβητος}} Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos), {{der|fr|phn|aleph}} Phoenician aleph Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} alphabet m (plural alphabets)
  1. alphabet (set of letters considered as a group) Tags: masculine Derived forms: alphabet latin, alphabet phonétique international, alphabet radio, alphabetical language Related terms: alphabète, alphabétique, alphabétiquement, inalphabète

Inflected forms

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