The set of letters used when writing in a language.
Used in a Sentence
alphabets
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for alphabets.
Editorial note
All alphabets are descended from the same root, proto-sinaitic or have been made up by people who knew about alphabets (Korean).
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Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of alphabets gathered in one view.
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The simplest rudiments; elements.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for alphabets.
noun
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
noun
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
noun
The simplest rudiments; elements.
noun
(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
Example sentences
All alphabets are descended from the same root, proto-sinaitic or have been made up by people who knew about alphabets (Korean).
If you are wrong, trustworthy fonts will have the same set of properties in cultures with similar alphabets.
> Not unifying them means that the fonts automatically work when you mix text/names written in these alphabets.
Yup, it doesn't mean much to teach alphabets to 4yr old, but I also observe that kids don't just become a competent reader spontaneously.
At its most basic, you need a couple of alphabets worth of letters and a rack to set them on.
It was a commonly-held belief that Fraktur was the authentic German alphabet, separate from the alphabets used by other languages.
It’s just that the savings from such a unification would be far smaller due to the smaller sizes of the relevant alphabets.
It's unclear how much influence Old Italic alphabets had on the various Runics though it's generally thought that Etruscan was a shared ancestor.
Most languages and alphabets and lots of kinds of fonts likely start giving you results somewhere between 80% and the Uncanny Valley immediately.
They were likely derived from Old Italic alphabets related to Latin.
In principle I would agree, but the Atatürk alphabet was made up at the spot based on the existing Latin alphabets.
When you are changing bases/alphabets, you are selecting them intelligently.
Quote examples
A in English is analogous to A in Polish—both are Latin alphabets, but neither is the Latin alphabet, and these languages use “the same” letter quite differently.
Not sure about the article; personally it's helped me be able to adapt quickly in lots of foreign places and realize that with a little time and enough "banging your head against a desk" anything can be understood (even Cyrillic alphabets).
> No native English speaker would ever think to try “Greco Unification” and consolidate the English, Russian, German, Swedish, Greek, and other European languages’ alphabets into a single alphabet.
Also, while some would say "Japanese is the hardest language in the world" (due to "3 alphabets") I would argue Chinese is harder (tones are a lot more difficult!), and many tribal African languages far more difficult.
Proper noun examples
Alphabets (and related Abjads) have only ever been invented historically very few times and t hey tend to be variations on a few earlier systems.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use alphabets in a sentence?
All alphabets are descended from the same root, proto-sinaitic or have been made up by people who knew about alphabets (Korean).
What does alphabets mean?
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
What part of speech is alphabets?
alphabets is commonly used as noun.