abece

Albanian

Alternative forms

• abëcë

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

• abecé f (plural abecé, definite abecéja, definite plural abecét)
• abëcë f (plural abëcë, definite abëcëja, definite plural abëcët)

1. ABC, alphabet
2. elements, rudiments

Further reading

• “abece”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 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

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Noun

abece (first-person possessive abeceku, second-person possessive abecemu, third-person possessive abecenya)

1. abese

Middle English

Alternative forms

• A. B. C., a.b.c., ABC, abc, abbesse, abce, abcy, abicee, abse, a-pece, apecy, apsy

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

1. An alphabet; the (Latin) alphabet.
2. An abecedary; an alphabet book.
3. The ABC; the fundamentals.
4. 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

• A.B.C.

Etymology

From the names of the first three letters of the Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aβeˈt͡se/

Noun

abece m (usually uncountable)

1. 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/,
  • IPA^(key): /ˌʔaˈbese/,
• Rhymes: -e, -ese
• Syllabification: a‧be‧ce

Noun

abecé or ábéce (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒ)

1. 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/

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Noun

abece (definite accusative abeceyi, plural abeceler)

1. alphabet

Declension

Synonyms

• alfabe
• elifbe