alphabetic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Partly from French alphabétique and partly from its etymon Latin alphabēticus. By surface analysis, alphabet + -ic.

The Chinese language is by all means the counterpart of the alphabetic stock. — The Problem of China, Bertrand Russell
On the first sheet he traced some alphabetic signs, part of a cipher known to himself alone. — The Wandering Jew — Complete, Eugène Sue
In Ireland the receiving-machine presented its messages in the form of dots and dashes, which, according to arrangement, became alphabetic. — Post Haste, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

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