Latin alphabet

English

Etymology

Latin + alphabet.

Noun

Latin alphabet (plural Latin alphabets)

1. The 26-letter alphabet consisting of the following letters (presented in majuscule and minuscule 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

2. Any relatively minor variation of the 26-letter Latin alphabet.

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. The term Latin script is often used for the entire family of alphabets.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• Cyrillic alphabet

Translations

the 26-letter alphabet

• Arabic: كِتَابَة لَاتِينِيَّة f (kitāba lātīniyya), لَاتِينِيَّة (ar) f (lātīniyya), رُومَانِيَّة (ar) f (rūmāniyya)
• Asturian: alfabetu llatinu m
• Belarusian: лаці́нка f (lacínka), лаці́ніца f (lacínica)
• Bulgarian: лати́ница f (latínica)
• Carpathian Rusyn: абеце́да f (abecéda)
• Catalan: alfabet llatí m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拉丁字母 (zh) (lādīng zìmǔ), 羅馬字／罗马字 (zh) (luómǎzì), 羅馬字母／罗马字母 (zh) (luómǎ zìmǔ)

• Czech: latinka (cs) f
• Danish: latinske alfabet n
• Dutch: Latijnse alfabet (nl)
• Esperanto: latina alfabeto
• Estonian: Ladina tähestik
• Finnish: latinalaiset aakkoset
• French: alphabet latin (fr) m
• German: lateinisches Alphabet n
• Greek: λατινικό αλφάβητο (el) n (latinikó alfávito)
• Hebrew: אלפבית לטיני (alfabet latini), כתב לטיני m (Ktab Latini)
• Hindi: रोमन लिपि f (roman lipi)
• Hungarian: latin ábécé (hu)
• Ido: Latinal alfabeto
• Irish: aibítir Laidineach f, aibítir Rómhánach f
• Italian: alfabeto latino m
• Japanese: ローマ字 (ja) (ローマじ, rōmaji), ラテン文字 (ja) (ラテンもじ, raten moji)
• Korean: 로마 문자 (roma munja), 로마자 (ko) (romaja)
• Latin: alphabetum latinum n
• Macedonian: латиница f (latinica), латинично писмо n (latinično pismo)
• Mongolian: латин цагаан толгой (latin cagaan tolgoj)
• Persian: الفبای لاتین (alefbâ-ye-lâtin)
• Polish: alfabet łaciński m, łacinka (pl) f
• Portuguese: alfabeto latino (pt) m
• Romanian: alfabet latin (ro) n
• Russian: лати́ница (ru) f (latínica), лати́нский алфави́т m (latínskij alfavít)
• Scottish Gaelic: aibidil Ròmanach f, aibidil Laideann f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ^{(please verify)} латиница f, ^{(please verify)} латинично писмо n

  Roman: ^{(please verify)} latinica f, ^{(please verify)} latinično pismo n

• Slovak: Latinská abeceda f
• Slovene: latinica (sl) f
• Spanish: alfabeto latino m
• Swedish: latinska alfabetet (sv)
• Tatar: latín älifba
• Turkish: Latin alfabesi, Latin abecesi
• Turkmen: latyn elipbiýi
• Ukrainian: лати́нська абе́тка (uk) f (latýnsʹka abétka), лати́нка f (latýnka), лати́ниця f (latýnycja)
• Vietnamese: bảng chữ cái La-tinh
• Yakut: латыын алпабыыта (latıın alpabııta)