(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.

present participle of alphabet

(rare) The quality of being alphabetic.

Mental weariness or lassitude brought about by an excessive exposure to letters, lettering, or acronyms

(nonstandard) the Devanagari writing system

A writing system used to unambiguously transcribe the sounds of human speech.

The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule pairs): / Any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet.

Synonym of Latin alphabet

(linguistics) The Glagolitic writing system, the oldest known Slavonic alphabet.

The 24-letter alphabet of the Greek language, first adopted by Athens in 403 BC and now consisting of the following upper- (majuscule) and lower-case (minuscule) pairs: