alphabet
French, noun/al.fa.bɛ/
alphabet is a French masculine noun meaning “alphabet (set of letters considered as a group)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ensemble ordonné de lettres utilisées dans un système d’écriture pour composer des syllabes et des mots”.
What does alphabet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealphabet (set of letters considered as a group)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ensemble ordonné de lettres utilisées dans un système d’écriture pour composer des syllabes et des mots. 2. Petit livre qui contient les lettres de l’alphabet et les premières leçons que l’on donne lorsque l’on enseigne à lire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alphabet
- alphabets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alphabet?
- /al.fa.bɛ/
- \al.fa.bɛ\
- [al.fa.bɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alphabet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alphabet in French?
alphabet appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).