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- DictionaryAl·pha·bet/ˈalfəˌbet/
noun
- 1. a set of letters or symbols in a fixed order, used to represent the basic sounds of a language; in particular, the set of letters from A to Z: "the first letter of the alphabet"
noun
Standard set of letters present in some written languages
An alphabet is a standard set of letters written to represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters correspond to phonemes, the categories of sounds that can distinguish one word from another in a given language. Not all writing systems represent language in this way: a syllabary assigns symbols to spoken syllables, while logographies assign symbols to words, morphemes, or ... Wikipedia