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alphabetical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæl.fəˈbet.ɪ.kəl/ (Australia)
  • [ˌæl.fəˈbeɾ.ɪ.kəl] (Australia)
  • (California) audio
  • [ˌælfəˈbɛɾɪkəl] (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Latin alphabēticus + -al. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
    • Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language. 1986, Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, page 486:
  2. (not-comparable) According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
    • All names were placed into an alphabetical list.
  3. (not-comparable, obsolete) literal
    • But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out, 1644, John Milton, The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce, page 31:

Deriveds

unalphabetical · nonalphabetical · alphabeticality · prealphabetical · alphagram · zetabetical · alphabeticalness · alphamosaic · alphabetically · alphabetical order · ASCIIbetical · alphamerical

Relateds

alphabetize · alphabet

Synonyms

alphabetic

Translations (83)

nb alfabetisk (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · fi aakkosellinen (pertaining to the alphabet) · ga aibítreach (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · de alphabetisch (pertaining to the alphabet) · ko 알파벳의 (pertaining to the alphabet) · uk абетковий (pertaining to the alphabet) · ca alfabètic (pertaining to the alphabet) · ga aibítre (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · sv alfabetisk (pertaining to the alphabet) · ru алфави́тный (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · fi aakkos- (pertaining to the alphabet) · hu ábécérendi (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · id alfabetis (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · ia alphabetic (pertaining to the alphabet) · eo litera (pertaining to the alphabet) · bg а́збучен (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · it alfabetico (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · ar أَبْجَدِيّ (pertaining to the alphabet) · ga aibítreach (pertaining to the alphabet) · ar أَبْجَدِيّ (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · gd aibidileach (pertaining to the alphabet) · pl alfabetyczny (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · fr alphabétique (pertaining to the alphabet) · fr alphabétique (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · gl alfabético (pertaining to the alphabet) · uk алфавітний (pertaining to the alphabet) · sk abecedný (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · pl abecadłowy (pertaining to the alphabet) · gd aibidileach (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · nl alfabetisch (pertaining to the alphabet) · cs abecední (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · ga aibítre (pertaining to the alphabet) · fy alfabetysk (pertaining to the alphabet) · sh alfàbētskī (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · pl alfabetowy (pertaining to the alphabet) · da alfabetisk (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · it alfabetico (pertaining to the alphabet) · es alfabético (pertaining to the alphabet) · ar أَلِفْبَائِيّ (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · eo laŭalfabeta (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · la abecedarius (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · ca alfabètic (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · es alfabético (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · de alphabetisch (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · el αλφαβητικός (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · nn alfabetisk (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · hu alfabetikus (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · vec alfabedego (pertaining to the alphabet) · nl alfabetisch (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · sv alfabetisk (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · la abecedarius (pertaining to the alphabet) · pl abecadłowy (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · fr abécédaire (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · tr alfabetik sırayla (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · ko 알파벳순의 (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · sh ȁbecēdnī (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · gl alfabético (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · pl alfabetowy (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · eo alfabeta (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · fi aakkos- (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · ru алфави́тный (pertaining to the alphabet) · pt alfabético (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · tr abecesel (pertaining to the alphabet) · sk abecedný (pertaining to the alphabet) · el αλφαβητικός (pertaining to the alphabet) · pt alfabético (pertaining to the alphabet) · tr alfabetik olarak (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · yi אַלפֿאַבעטיש (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · mk а́збучен (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · tr alfabetik (pertaining to the alphabet) · fy alfabetysk (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · cs abecední (pertaining to the alphabet) · vo lafabik (pertaining to the alphabet) · ja アルファベット順の (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet) · ar أَلِفْبَائِيّ (pertaining to the alphabet) · pl alfabetyczny (pertaining to the alphabet) · bg а́збучен (pertaining to the alphabet) · ja アルファベットの (pertaining to the alphabet) · eo alfabeta (pertaining to the alphabet) · mk а́збучен (pertaining to the alphabet) · da alfabetisk (pertaining to the alphabet) · ro alfabetic (pertaining to the alphabet) · fi aakkosellinen (in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet)

alphabetical en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌæl.fəˈbet.ɪ.kəl/ (Australia)
  • [ˌæl.fəˈbeɾ.ɪ.kəl] (Australia)
  • (California) audio
  • [ˌælfəˈbɛɾɪkəl] (Canada, General-American)
  • /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From Latin alphabēticus + -al. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ical.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, qualifier:crosswording) Ellipsis of alphabetical jigsaw.
    • We used to publish two, or sometimes three, alphabeticals a year and I am proposing to resume the same sort of frequency. 2015 March 13, Hugh Stephenson, “A to Z”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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