different between alphabet vs abecedarium

English

Etymology

Doublet of alfabeto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl.f?.b?t/
• (uncommon) IPA^(key): /?æl.f?.b?t/
• Hyphenation: al?pha?bet

Noun

alphabet (plural alphabets)

1. The set of letters used when writing in a language.

2. A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
   1. A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
3. (computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.

4. (India, Hong Kong, Singapore) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
5. The simplest rudiments; elements.

Synonyms

• ABC, absey

Hypernyms

• (linguistics): signary

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Verb

alphabet (third-person singular simple present alphabets, present participle alphabeting, simple past and past participle alphabeted)

1. (rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

Synonyms

• alphabetize

Further reading

• alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.fa.b?/
• Rhymes: -?
• Homophone: alphabets

Noun

alphabet m (plural alphabets)

1. alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)

Derived terms

• alphabet latin
• alphabet phonétique international

Related terms

• alphabète
• alphabétique
• alphabétiquement
• inalphabète

Further reading

• “alphabet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Etymology

Noun

alphabet m (plural alphabets)

1. alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abeced?rium.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.bi.si?d???.i.?m/

Noun

abecedarium (plural abecedaria)

1. A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
2. An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.

Synonyms

• abecedary

Translations

References

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from abeced?rius (“alphabetical”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.be.ke?da?.ri.um/, [äb?k??d?ä??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.be.t??e?da.ri.um/, [?b?t????d????ium]

Noun

abeced?rium n (genitive abeced?ri? or abeced?r?); second declension

1. alphabet, ABCs
2. accusative singular of abeced?rium
3. vocative singular of abeced?rium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• abeced?ria
• abeced?rius

Descendants

• ? English: abecedarian
• ? Old Irish: apgitir
  • Middle Irish: aibgitir
    • Irish: aibítir
• ? Portuguese: abecedário
• ? Welsh: egwyddor, gwyddor

References

Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). ?ISBN. page 1.