abece
Albanian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a.bɛ.t͡sɛ]
Noun
- abecé f (plural abecé, definite abecéja, definite plural abecét)
- abëcë f (plural abëcë, definite abëcëja, definite plural abëcët)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | abece | abeceja | abece | abecet |
accusative | abecen | |||
dative | abeceje | abeces | abeceve | abeceve |
ablative | abecesh |
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “abece”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 27 (abecé)
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “abece”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 1
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
abece (plural abece-abece)
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From A + B + C, the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːbɛːseː/, /ˈaːbɛːsɛː/, /ˈabɛseː/, /ˈabseː/, /ˈapseː/
Noun
abece
- An alphabet; the (Latin) alphabet.
- An abecedary; an alphabet book.
- The ABC; the fundamentals.
- An acrostic poem in alphabetical order.
Descendants
- English: ABC (obsolete absey)
- Scots: ABC, aw-bay-say
References
- “ā̆becẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the names of the first three letters of the Latin [Term?] alphabet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aβeˈt͡se/
Noun
abece m (usually uncountable)
- alphabet, ABCs
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 102v:
- […] ⁊ en la ſazon q̃ deſcenden los rayos dela figura delas ſiete letras del abece de ſaturno […]
- […] and in the season in which descend the rays of the shape of the seven letters of the alphabet of Saturn […]
Descendants
- Spanish: abecé
Tagalog
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish abecé, from the first three letters of the Spanish alphabet.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabeˈse/ [ʔɐ.bɛˈsɛ], /ˌʔaˈbese/ [ˌʔaːˈbɛː.sɛ]
- Rhymes: -e, -ese
- Syllabification: a‧be‧ce
Noun
abecé or ábéce (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒ)
- alternative spelling of abese
Turkish
Etymology
A combination of the first three letters of the Turkish alphabet; a, be and ce
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑː.beː.ˈd͡ʒeː/
Audio: (file)
Noun
abece (definite accusative abeceyi, plural abeceler)
Declension
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