A.B.C.

See also: abc, Abc, ABC, and A. B. C.

English

Proper noun

A.B.C.

  1. Alternative form of ABC.

Noun

A.B.C. (plural A.B.C.'s)

  1. Alternative form of ABC.

Adjective

A.B.C. (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of ABC.

Anagrams

Old Spanish

FWOTD – 19 June 2015

Alternative forms

Etymology

The first three letters of the Latin alphabet, or an abbreviation of abece.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aβeˈt͡se/

Noun

A.B.C. m (usually uncountable)

  1. alphabet, ABCs
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 111r:
      […] ⁊ ordeno las por las letras del .A.B.C. arauigas. ſegund eſtan aqui ordenadas por las latinas.
      […] and he ordered them according to the letters of the Arabic alphabet, as they are ordered here according to the Latin ones.

Descendants

  • Spanish: abecé (see abece)
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