alphabetical

alphabetical

English

Etymology

From alphabet +‎ -ical.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl/

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• Hyphenation: al‧pha‧bet‧ic‧al

Adjective

alphabetical (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
   • 1986, Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, page 486:

     Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.

2. According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.

   All names were placed into an alphabetical list.

3. (obsolete) literal
   • 1644, John Milton, The Doctrine & Discipline of Divorce‎, page 31:

     But if an alphabeticall servility must be still urged, it may so fall out,

Derived terms

• alphabetical order
• alphabetically

Related terms

• alphabet
• alphabetize

Translations

pertaining to the alphabet

Arabic: أَلِفْبَائِيّ‎ (ʾalifbāʾiyy), أَبْجَدِيّ‎ (ʾabjadiyy) Catalan: alfabètic (ca) Czech: abecední (cs) Danish: alfabetisk (da) Dutch: alfabetisch (nl) Esperanto: alfabeta, litera (eo) Finnish: aakkos- (fi), aakkosellinen (fi) French: alphabétique (fr) Galician: alfabético (gl) German: alphabetisch (de) Greek: αλφαβητικός (el) (alfavitikós) Interlingua: alphabetic Irish: aibítreach, aibítre Italian: alfabetico (it) Japanese: アルファベットの (arufabetto no) Korean: 알파벳 (ko) (alpabet) Latin: abecedarius Macedonian: а́збучен (ázbučen) Polish: alfabetyczny (pl), abecadłowy (pl), alfabetowy (dated) Portuguese: alfabético (pt) Romanian: alfabetic (ro) Russian: алфави́тный (ru) (alfavítnyj) Scottish Gaelic: aibidileach Slovak: abecedné (sk) Spanish: alfabético (es) Swedish: alfabetisk (sv) Turkish: alfabetik (tr), abecesel (tr) Volapük: lafabik (vo) West Frisian: alfabetysk (fy)

in the sequence of the letters of the alphabet

Arabic: ألِفْبَائِيّ‎, أبجَدِيّ‎ Catalan: alfabètic (ca) Czech: abecední (cs) Danish: alfabetisk (da) Dutch: alfabetisch (nl) Esperanto: laŭalfabeta, alfabeta Finnish: aakkos- (fi), aakkosellinen (fi) French: alphabétique (fr), abécédaire (fr) Galician: alfabético (gl) German: alphabetisch (de) Greek: αλφαβητικός (el) (alfavitikós) Hungarian: alfabetikus (hu), ábécérendi Indonesian: alfabetis (id) Irish: aibítreach, aibítre Italian: alfabetico (it) Japanese: アルファベット順の (arufabetto-jun no) Korean: 알파벳 (ko) (alpabet) Latin: abecedarius Macedonian: а́збучен (ázbučen) Norwegian: Bokmål: alfabetisk (no) Nynorsk: alfabetisk Polish: alfabetyczny (pl), abecadłowy (pl), alfabetowy (dated) Portuguese: alfabético (pt) Russian: алфави́тный (ru) (alfavítnyj) Scottish Gaelic: aibidileach Serbo-Croatian: Roman: ȁbecēdnī (sh), alfàbētskī Slovak: abecedné (sk) Spanish: alfabético (es) Swedish: alfabetisk (sv) Turkish: alfabetik sırayla, alfabetik olarak West Frisian: alfabetysk (fy) Yiddish: אַלפֿאַבעטיש‎ (alfabetish)