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Definition: Letter Of The Alphabet |
Letter Of The AlphabetNoun1. The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Letter Of The AlphabetSynonyms: alphabetic character (n), letter (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Letter Of The Alphabet |
| English words defined with "letter of the alphabet": A, acrophony, aleph, alpha, ayin ♦ B, beta, beth ♦ c, chi, consonant ♦ d, daleth, delta, Digamma, Dominical letter ♦ E, epsilon, eta ♦ F ♦ g, gamma, gimel ♦ H, He, heth ♦ i, iota ♦ J ♦ k, kaph, kappa ♦ l, lambda, lamedh ♦ m, mem, mu ♦ N, nu, nun ♦ O, omega, omicron ♦ P, phi, pi, psi ♦ Q, qoph ♦ R, resh, rho ♦ s, sadhe, samekh, shin, sigma, sin ♦ t, tau, taw, teth, theta ♦ u, upsilon ♦ v, vowel ♦ W, waw ♦ x, xi ♦ Y, yodh ♦ Z, zayin, zed, zee, zeta. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "letter of the alphabet": Arabic Figures ♦ Braille letters ♦ Hypocrite ♦ ITCH ♦ kanji ♦ O'mega ♦ rot13 ♦ Sheshach, symbolic ♦ Wrath. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I know not the first letter of the alphabet. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HYPOCRITE, n. One who, profession virtues that he does not respect secures the advantage of seeming to be what he depises. I I is the first letter of the alphabet, the first word of the language, the first thought of the mind, the first object of affection. In grammar it is a pronoun of the first person and singular number. Its plural is said to be We, but how there can be more than one myself is doubtless clearer the grammarians than it is to the author of this incomparable dictionary. Conception of two myselfs is difficult, but fine. The frank yet graceful use of "I" distinguishes a good writer from a bad; the latter carries it with the manner of a thief trying to cloak his loot. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "letter of the alphabet"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Indonesian | aksara (script). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | etterlay ofay ethay alphabetay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | litera. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 74 74 65 72 4F 66 54 68 65 41 6C 70 68 61 62 65 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01001111 01100110 00100000 01010100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000001 01101100 01110000 01101000 01100001 01100010 01100101 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e t t e r   O f   T h e   A l p h a b e t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0074 0074 0065 0072 004F 0066 0054 0068 0065 0041 006C 0070 0068 0061 0062 0065 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)46718686718424972254747123578827467687186 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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