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Complete Definition of "Latin alphabet"

English
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Etymology
Latin + alphabet.

Noun
en-noun|sg=Latin alphabet|s|-

  1. uncountable The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and miniscule pairs):

#:A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

  1. countable any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet, not including the Cyrillic alphabets

Usage notes
The Latin alphabet is used in variant forms by many languages, including Romance languages, Germanic, Celtic, some Slavic languages, Amerindian, Indigenous Australian, Austronesian, Vietnamese, Malay and Indonesian languages. The variant Latin alphabets of many of those languages discard letters from or add letters to the classical Latin alphabet.

Synonyms
Latin script, Roman script, Roman alphabet
abbreviations: (ISO 15924) Latn

Translations
trans-top|the 26-letter alphabet
Alsatian: lateinisches Alphabet n
Arabic: ARchar|كتابة اللاتينية IPAchar|(kitáËba al-latiníyya) f
Asturian: alfabetu llatinu m
Bosnian: Latinica f, latiniÄno pismo n
Catalan: alfabet llatí m
Chinese: 拉ä¸å­—æ¯è¡¨ (lÄdÄ«ng zìmÇ”biÇŽo)
Czech: Latinka f
Dutch: Latijnse alfabet
Esperanto: Latina alfabeto
Estonian: Ladina tähestik
Finnish: latinalaiset aakkoset
French: alphabet latin m
German: lateinisches Alphabet n
Greek: λατινικό αλφάβητο (latinikó alfávito) n (:el:λατινικό αλφάβητο|el)
Hebrew: ×לפבית לטיני (alfabet latini)
Hungarian: latin írás
Ido: Latinal alfabeto
Italian: alfabeto latino m
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Japanese: ローマ字 (rÅmaji), ラテン文字 (Ratén-móji)
Korean: ko-inline|로마 문ìž|Roma munja
Latin: alphabetum latinum n
Polish: alfabet łaciński m
Portuguese: alfabeto latino m
Romanian: alfabetul latin m
Russian: латиница (latínitsa) f, латинÑкий алфавит (latínskij alfavít) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: Латиница f, латинично пиÑмо n
:Roman: Latinica f, latiniÄno pismo n
Slovak: Latinská abeceda f
Slovene: Latinica f
Spanish: alfabeto latino m
Swedish: latinska alfabetet
Tatar: latín älifba
Ukrainian: латинÑька абетка (latins’ka abetka) f
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Category:Alphabets

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