Dictionary

aleph en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɑˌlɛf/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɑˌlɪf/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אָלֶף (álef). Doublet of alpha and alif.

Meanings

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).
2. The cardinality of an infinite well-ordered (or well-orderable) set.
   • The axiom of choice is equivalent to the proposition that every infinite cardinal is an aleph.

Forms

Deriveds

aleph-zero · aleph-beth · since aleph · aleph-null · aleph-one

Relateds

alpha

Translations (43)

syc ܐ (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · pt alef (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · th อาเลฟ (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ar أَلِف (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ru а́леф (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · cmn 阿列夫 (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · pl alef (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ja アレフ (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ru а́лиф (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · tr elif (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · de Aleph (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · prs ا (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ja アリフ (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ko 알리프 (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ms alif (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · hi आलेफ़ (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · fr aleph (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · he א (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · he אָלֶף (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ur ا (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · fa-ira اَلِف (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · it alef (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ka ალეფი (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ar ا (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · cmn 阿利夫 (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · sh алеф (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · fi alef (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · el άλεφ (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · mk алеф (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · yi אַלף (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ko 알레프 (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · prs اَلِف (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ca àlef (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · de Alef (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · fr alef (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · fa-ira ا (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · cmn 艾利夫 (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · es álef (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · hy ալեֆ (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · sh alef (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ps الف (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · syc ܐܠܦ (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script) · ur اَلِف (first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script)