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Set of letters used to write a given language
An alphabet is a writing system that uses a standard set of symbols, called letters, to more or less represent particular sounds in a spoken language.
Alphabet
Alphabet of the Latin language
The phrase Latin alphabet may refer to either the alphabet used to write Latin (as described in this article) or to other alphabets based on the Latin
Latin_alphabet
Script used to write the Greek language
Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC. It was derived from the earlier Phoenician alphabet, and
Greek_alphabet
American international technology company
Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a
Alphabet_Inc.
System of phonetic notation
other symbols instead of phonetic symbols. The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
Spoken alphabet for radio communication
The NATO phonetic alphabet, officially the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet, is an internationally recognized set of names for the letters
NATO_phonetic_alphabet
Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters
written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms. The word alphabet is a compound of alpha
English_alphabet
Writing system
script of the European Union, following the Latin and Greek alphabets. The Early Cyrillic alphabet was developed during the 9th century AD at the Preslav Literary
Cyrillic_script
Writing system used c. 1050 to 146 BC
question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Phoenician alphabet is an abjad (consonantal alphabet) that was used across the Mediterranean civilization of
Phoenician_alphabet
Official Cyrillic writing system for Serbian since the 10th century
may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet (Serbian: Српска ћирилица / Srpska ćirilica, IPA: [sr̩̂pskaː t͡ɕirǐlitsa])
Serbian_Cyrillic_alphabet
Modern writing system of 33 letters
The Russian alphabet is the writing system used to write the Russian language. The modern Russian alphabet consists of 33 letters: twenty consonants (⟨б⟩
Russian_alphabet
Alphabet of the Hebrew language
question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hebrew letters. The Hebrew alphabet or aleph-bet (Hebrew: אָלֶף־בֵּית עִבְרִי,[a] Alefbet ivri), known variously
Hebrew_alphabet
Seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: q) is the seventeenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others
Q
Writing system
Latin alphabet, derived from a form of the Greek alphabet which was in use in the ancient Greek city of Cumae in Magna Graecia. The Greek alphabet was altered
Latin_script
Alphabet of the Arabic language
The Arabic alphabet, or the Arabic abjad, is the Arabic script as specifically codified for writing the Arabic language. It is a unicameral script written
Arabic_alphabet
19th-century phonetic writing system devised by the LDS Church
This article contains Deseret alphabet characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Deseret
Deseret_alphabet
Topics referred to by the same term
alphabet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An alphabet is a standard set of letters used to write one or more languages. Alphabet or The Alphabet may
Alphabet_(disambiguation)
Script of the Polish language
The Polish alphabet (Polish: alfabet polski, abecadło) is the script of the Polish language, the basis for the Polish system of orthography. It is based
Polish_alphabet
German form of the Latin alphabet
German alphabet (Listen to a German speaker recite the alphabet in German) Problems playing this file? See media help. The modern German alphabet consists
German_alphabet
Character in alphabet writing systems
speech—though there is rarely total one-to-one correspondence between the two. An alphabet is a writing system that uses letters. A letter is a type of grapheme,
Letter_(alphabet)
Writing system used for the Persian language
The Persian alphabet (Persian: الفبای فارسی, romanized: Alefbâ-ye Fârsi), also known as the Perso-Arabic script, is the right-to-left alphabet used for the
Persian_alphabet
Latin script for the Turkish language
The Turkish alphabet (Turkish: Türk alfabesi or Türk abecesi) is a Latin-script alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters
Turkish_alphabet
Third letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: c) is the third letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others
C
Script used to write the Aramaic language
Aramaic alphabet, which they call "Ktav Ashuri", even for writing Hebrew, displacing the former Paleo-Hebrew alphabet. The modern Hebrew alphabet derives
Aramaic_alphabet
Family of writing systems in ancient Italy
Etruscan alphabet, which was the immediate ancestor of the Latin alphabet used by more than 100 languages today, including English. The runic alphabets used
Old_Italic_scripts
Latin script for the Vietnamese language
boxes, or other symbols instead of Vietnamese scripts. The Vietnamese alphabet (Vietnamese: chữ Quốc ngữ, chữ Nôm: 𡨸國語, lit. 'script of the national
Vietnamese_alphabet
Alphabet for use with the Sogdian language of central Asia
The Sogdian alphabet was originally used for the Sogdian language, a language in the Iranian family used by the people of Sogdia. The alphabet is derived
Sogdian_alphabet
Variant of the Latin alphabet
The Romanian alphabet is a variant of the Latin alphabet used for writing the Romanian language. It consists of 31 letters, five of which (Ă, Â, Î, Ș
Romanian_alphabet
Writing system of the Bulgarian language
Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet (Bulgarian: Българска кирилска азбука) is used to write the Bulgarian language. The Cyrillic alphabet was originally developed
Bulgarian_alphabet
authors distinguish between consonantal alphabets, with the term abjad coined for them in 1996, and true alphabets with letters for both consonants and vowels
History_of_the_alphabet
Writing system
The Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic (Arabic alphabet) and several other languages of Asia and Africa. It is the second-most widely
Arabic_script
Alphabet used to write the Armenian language
The Armenian alphabet (Armenian: Հայոց գրեր, romanized: Hayocʼ grer or Հայոց այբուբեն, Hayocʼ aybuben) or, more broadly, the Armenian script, is an alphabetic
Armenian_alphabet
Alphabet that uses letters from the Cyrillic script
The Ukrainian alphabet (Ukrainian: абе́тка, áзбука, алфа́ві́т, or альфабе́т [1928–1933 spelling and before 1933], romanized: abétka, ázbuka, alfávít, or
Ukrainian_alphabet
Standardized pronunciation of letters
spelling alphabet, word-spelling alphabet, voice procedure alphabet, radio alphabet, radiotelephony alphabet, telephone alphabet, and telephony alphabet. A
Spelling_alphabet
Phonetic symbol chart
article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the
International Phonetic Alphabet chart
International_Phonetic_Alphabet_chart
Alphabet used for writing the Gothic language
marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of letters. The Gothic alphabet is an alphabet for writing the Gothic language. It was developed in the 4th century
Gothic_alphabet
Latin alphabet of the Swedish language
article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the
Swedish_alphabet
Writing system
unjoined Syriac letters or other symbols instead of Syriac alphabet. The Syriac alphabet (ܐܠܦ ܒܝܬ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ ʾālep̄ bêṯ Sūryāyā) is a writing system primarily
Syriac_alphabet
Alphabet used to write the Manchu language
instead of Manchu alphabet. The Manchu alphabet (Manchu: ᠮᠠᠨᠵᡠ ᡥᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ, Möllendorff: manju hergen, Abkai: manju hergen) is the alphabet used to write the
Manchu_alphabet
Latin alphabet of the Hungarian language
The Hungarian alphabet (Hungarian: magyar ábécé, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈaːbeːt͡seː]) is an extension of the Latin alphabet used for writing the Hungarian
Hungarian_alphabet
Thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: m) is the thirteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of several Western European languages and others
M
Phonemic, featural alphabet for English
Shavian characters. The Shavian alphabet (/ˈʃeɪviən/ SHAY-vee-ən; also known as the Shaw alphabet) is a constructed alphabet conceived as a way to provide
Shavian_alphabet
Scripts used to write the Turkmen language
The Turkmen alphabet refers to variants of the Latin alphabet, Cyrillic alphabet, or Arabic alphabet used for writing of the Turkmen language. The modified
Turkmen_alphabet
manual alphabet Chilean manual alphabet Chinese manual alphabet Dutch manual alphabet Ethiopian manual alphabet (an abugida) French manual alphabet Greek
List_of_writing_systems
Abugida used to write Bengali
question marks, boxes, or other symbols. The Bengali script or Bangla alphabet is the standard writing system used to write the Bengali language, and
Bengali_alphabet
Writing found in Canaanite inscriptions
swapped) of "Neapolitan", i.e. of Nablus. Use of the term "Paleo-Hebrew alphabet" for the script follows the suggestion by Solomon Birnbaum, who in 1954
Paleo-Hebrew_alphabet
Alphabets used for Albanian
The Albanian alphabet (Albanian: abetarja shqipe) is a variant of the Latin alphabet used to write the Albanian language. It consists of 36 letters representing
Albanian_alphabet
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up alphabet soup in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Alphabet soup may refer to: A common dish made from alphabet pasta Alphabet soup (linguistics)
Alphabet_soup
Writing system of the Abkhaz language
The current Abkhaz alphabet is a modified variant of the Cyrillic script used for the Abkhaz language. Abkhaz was not a written language until the 19th
Abkhaz_alphabet
Substitution cypher popular among modern occultists
The Theban alphabet, also known as the witches' alphabet, is a writing system, specifically a substitution cipher of the Latin script, that was used by
Theban_alphabet
Twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: l) is the twelfth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other Western European languages and others
L
Rendering Greek in Latin characters
This article contains non-classical letters of the Greek alphabet that may not render correctly in your browser. Without proper rendering support, you
Romanization_of_Greek
Third letter of the Greek alphabet
lowercase γ; Greek: γάμμα, romanized: gámma) is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek
Gamma
Cyrillic alphabet to the Latin alphabet in 2017. The Kazakh government drafted a seven-year process until the full implementation of the new alphabet, sub-divided
Kazakh_alphabets
Ancient Germanic letters
of runes. Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets, known as rune-rows, runic alphabets or futharks, native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were
Runes
Twenty-sixth letter of the Latin alphabet
twenty-sixth and last letter of the Latin alphabet. It is used in the modern English alphabet, in the alphabets of other Western European languages, and
Z
Related alphabets based on Cyrillic scripts
of phonetic symbols. Numerous Cyrillic alphabets are based on the Cyrillic script. The early Cyrillic alphabet was developed in the 9th century AD and
Cyrillic_alphabets
Middle Bronze Age script
Paleo-Hebrew alphabet, the Ancient South Arabian script and the Phoenician alphabet, which led to many modern alphabets including the Greek alphabet and, subsequently
Proto-Sinaitic_script
Fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: n) is the fourteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other Western European languages, and others
N
Alphabet used by the Etruscans of central and northern Italy
The Etruscan alphabet was used by the Etruscans, an ancient civilization of central and northern Italy, to write their language, from about 700 BC to sometime
Etruscan_alphabet
Word lists used in military radio communication
Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets prescribed the words that are used to represent each letter of the alphabet, when spelling other words out loud
Allied military phonetic spelling alphabets
Allied_military_phonetic_spelling_alphabets
Set of letters in Filipino and other Philippine languages
intended characters. The Filipino alphabet (Filipino: Alpabetong Filipino, formerly Alfabetong Filipino) is the official alphabet of Filipino, the national language
Filipino_alphabet
Fourth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: d) is the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other Western European languages and others
D
Set of letter symbols used in magic
magical alphabet, or magickal alphabet, is a set of letters used primarily in occult magical practices and other esoteric traditions. These alphabets serve
Magical_alphabet
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up phonetic alphabet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Phonetic alphabet can mean: Phonetic transcription system: a system for transcribing the
Phonetic_alphabet
Sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: p) is the sixteenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others
P
Cuneiform consonantal alphabet of 30 letters
The Ugaritic alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (abjad) that was written using the same tools as those used to write cuneiform (i.e. pressing a wedge-shaped
Ugaritic_alphabet
Topics referred to by the same term
Cyrillic alphabet Belarusian alphabet Bulgarian alphabet Macedonian alphabet Russian alphabet Rusyn alphabets Serbian Cyrillic alphabet Ukrainian alphabet "Cherty
Slavic_alphabet
Neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface
Rail Alphabet is a neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert for signage on the British Rail network. First used
Rail_Alphabet
Ninth letter of the Latin alphabet
letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others
I
Eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet
word-final position ς; Greek: σίγμα) is the eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet. When used at the end of a letter-case word (one that does not use all
Sigma
Eleventh letter in the Greek alphabet
sometimes rendered lamda, labda or lamma, is the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the voiced alveolar lateral approximant IPA: [l]; it derives
Lambda
Form of Latin script used to write Serbo-Croatian
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet. The alphabet was initially devised by Croatian linguist Ljudevit Gaj during the Illyrian movement. The alphabet's final form was
Gaj's_Latin_alphabet
Native alphabet of the Korean language
The Korean alphabet is the modern writing system for the Korean language. It has gone by a variety of names, such as Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, Hangul
Hangul
Multiple alphabets of Kurdish language
Kurdish is most commonly written using either of two alphabets: the Latin-based Bedirxan or Hawar alphabet, introduced by Celadet Alî Bedirxan in 1932 and
Kurdish_alphabets
Penultimate letter in the Greek alphabet
expressing /ps/ in the Eastern alphabets, but /kʰ/ in the Western alphabets (the sound expressed by Χ in the Eastern alphabets). In writing, the early letter
Psi_(Greek)
Last letter of the Greek alphabet
uppercase Ω, lowercase ω) is the twenty-fourth and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system/isopsephy (gematria), it has a value of 800
Omega
Tenth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: j) is the tenth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other Western European languages and others
J
Writing system used for Urdu
Urdu script. The Urdu alphabet (Urdu: اُردُو حُرُوفِ تَہَجِّی, romanized: urdū ḥurūf-i tahajjī) is the right-to-left alphabet used for writing Urdu.
Urdu_alphabet
Twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: t) is the twentieth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others
T
Pasta shaped like alphabet letters
pressed into the shapes of the letters of an alphabet (often the Latin alphabet). It is often served in an alphabet soup, which is also sold in a can of condensed
Alphabet_pasta
Alphabet used mainly to write Avestan, the language of the Zoroastrian scripture Avesta
marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Avestan characters. The Avestan alphabet (Avestan: 𐬛𐬍𐬥 𐬛𐬀𐬠𐬌𐬭𐬫𐬵 transliteration: dīn dabiryªh, Middle Persian:
Avestan_alphabet
Writing system of the Macedonian language
The Macedonian alphabet (Macedonian: Македонска азбука, romanized: Makedonska azbuka) is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Macedonian
Macedonian_alphabet
Local variants of the ancient Greek alphabet
Many local variants of the Greek alphabet were employed in ancient Greece during the archaic and early classical periods, until around 400 BC, when they
Archaic_Greek_alphabets
Eighth letter of the Latin alphabet
(minuscule: h) is the eighth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, including the alphabets of other Western European languages and
H
Encoding for a sequence of byte values using 64 printable characters
sequence of 6 bits (which can encode 26 = 64 values) is mapped to a Base64 alphabet letter. Therefore, Base64 encoding results in four characters for each
Base64
Transmission of language with brief pulses
Morse's preliminary proposal for a telegraph code was replaced by an alphabet-based code developed by Alfred Vail, the engineer working with Morse. Vail's
Morse_code
Dispute about orthography of the Ukrainian language
The Alphabet War, also called the Alphabet Blizzard, was a controversy in the 19th century among Galician Ukrainians, which concerned attempts to romanize
Alphabet_War
Alphabet that uses letters from the Cyrillic script
The Belarusian alphabet is based on the Cyrillic script and is derived from the alphabet of Old Church Slavonic. It has existed in its modern form since
Belarusian_alphabet
First letter of the Greek alphabet
/ˈælfə/ ALF-ə (uppercase Α, lowercase α) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived
Alpha
1500s–1860s alphabet used to write Romanian
The Romanian Cyrillic alphabet is the Cyrillic alphabet that was used to write the Romanian language and Church Slavonic as early as the 14th century
Romanian_Cyrillic_alphabet
Eighth letter of the Greek alphabet
(uppercase Θ or ϴ; lowercase θ; cursive ϑ) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth 𐤈. In the system of Greek numerals
Theta
Nineteenth letter of the Latin alphabet
letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and other latin alphabets worldwide. Its name
S
Three related alphabets used to write Georgian
structural terms, their alphabetical order largely corresponds to the Greek alphabet, with the exception of letters denoting uniquely Georgian sounds, which
Georgian_scripts
Abugida used for writing Burmese
marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. The Burmese alphabet (Burmese: မြန်မာအက္ခရာ, MLCTS: mranma akkhara, pronounced [mjəmà ʔɛʔkʰəjà])
Burmese_alphabet
Unsolved serial murders
The Alphabet murders (also known as the Double Initial murders) are an unsolved series of child murders which occurred between 1971 and 1973 in Rochester
Alphabet_murders
Romanization scheme for Standard Chinese
The Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, commonly called Hanyu Pinyin or simply pinyin (pīnyīn), is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. Hanyu
Pinyin
Latin alphabet of the Hawaiian language
The Hawaiian alphabet (in Hawaiian: ka pīʻāpā Hawaiʻi) is an alphabet used to write Hawaiian. It was adapted from the English alphabet in the early 19th
Hawaiian_alphabet
Writing system of the Assamese language
This article contains the Assamese alphabet. Without proper rendering support, you may see errors in display. This article contains Indic text. Without
Assamese_alphabet
Alphabets used to write the Lezgin language
language has been written in several different alphabets over the course of its history. These alphabets have been based on three scripts: Perso-Arabic
Lezgin_alphabets
ALPHABET
ALPHABET
Boy/Male
Hindu
First letter of the greek alphabet
Boy/Male
Tamil
First letter of the greek alphabet
Girl/Female
Greek American
Firstbom.' The first letter of the Greek alphabet.
Boy/Male
Indian
Alphabet
Boy/Male
Muslim
The name Humza is one of the Arabic alphabets
Female
English
English name derived from the second letter of the Greek alphabet, beta, related to Hebrew bet, BETA means "house."Â
Male
African
(ox); the first letter of the Greek alphabet.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
Litters; Alphabets; Short Letter
Girl/Female
Greek American
Born fourth. Fourth letter of the Greek alphabet.
Boy/Male
Christian, Indian, Telugu
Hebrew Alphabet
Girl/Female
Indian
Alphabet; Letter
Girl/Female
Tamil
A short letter, Alphabet
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
The name Humza is one of the arabic alphabets
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Bengali Alphabet
Boy/Male
Arabic
Arabic Alphabet
Male
Greek
(Κάδμος) Greek name KADMOS means "the east." In mythology, this is the name of the son of the king of Phoenicia and brother of Europe. He was said to have founded the city of Thebes and introduced the alphabet to the Phoenicians.
Girl/Female
Biblical
The last letter of the Greek alphabet, long O.
Girl/Female
Hindu
A short letter, Alphabet
Boy/Male
African, Australian, Chinese, French, Latin, Swedish
First Letter of the Greek Alphabet; Leader
Boy/Male
Indian
The name Humza is one of the Arabic alphabets
ALPHABET
ALPHABET
Girl/Female
Hindu
Shy
Boy/Male
Hebrew
God helps.
Male
Swiss
, famous wolf.
Girl/Female
American, British, Christian, English, Latin, Swedish
From Brittany; Great Britain; From England; Land of the Britons
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Always Concentrating
Boy/Male
Sikh
Boy/Male
Arabic
Servant of the Comforter
Girl/Female
French American Greek Latin
Latin 'caelum' meaning sky or heaven. Also aor Selena.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Pott, a short form of Philpott.
ALPHABET
ALPHABET
ALPHABET
ALPHABET
ALPHABET
n.
A learner of the alphabet; an abecedarian.
n.
The expression of spoken sounds by an alphabet.
n.
A genus of large edentulous sirenians, allied to the dugong and manatee, including but one species (R. Stelleri); -- called also Steller's sea cow. S () the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing (the same as that of z), as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, debris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, // 255-261.
n.
A list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book.
adv.
In an alphabetic manner; in the customary order of the letters.
v. t.
To express or represent in the characters of another alphabet; as, to transliterate Sanskrit words by means of English letters.
adv.
Certainly; most likely; truly; probably. Z () Z, the twenty-sixth and last letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. It is taken from the Latin letter Z, which came from the Greek alphabet, this having it from a Semitic source. The ultimate origin is probably Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to s, y, and j; as in glass, glaze; E. yoke, Gr. /, L. yugum; E. zealous, jealous. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 273, 274.
a.
Alt. of Alphabetical
v. t.
To furnish with an alphabet.
v. t.
To arrange alphabetically; as, to alphabetize a list of words.
n.
The act or product of transliterating, or of expressing words of a language by means of the characters of another alphabet.
a.
Employing two hands; as, the two-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.
n.
Same as Tsetse. U () the twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, is a cursive form of the letter V, with which it was formerly used interchangeably, both letters being then used both as vowels and consonants. U and V are now, however, differentiated, U being used only as a vowel or semivowel, and V only as a consonant. The true primary vowel sound of U, in Anglo-Saxon, was the sound which it still retains in most of the languages of Europe, that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood, answering to the French ou in tour. Etymologically U is most closely related to o, y (vowel), w, and v; as in two, duet, dyad, twice; top, tuft; sop, sup; auspice, aviary. See V, also O and Y.
n.
A Burman measure of twelve miles. V () V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel / (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.
n.
A letter of the Greek alphabet corresponding to th in English; -- sometimes called the unlucky letter, from being used by the judges on their ballots in passing condemnation on a prisoner, it being the first letter of the Greek qa`natos, death.
v. t.
To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
a.
Pertaining to, furnished with, expressed by, or in the order of, the letters of the alphabet; as, alphabetic characters, writing, languages, arrangement.
n.
A method of notation for all spoken sounds, proposed by Mr. Sweet; -- so called because it is based on the common Roman-letter alphabet. It is like the palaeotype of Mr. Ellis in the general plan, but simpler.