alpha

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæl.fə/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈæɫ.fə]
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• India: /ˈæːl.fɑː/
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• India: /ˈɑːl.fɑː/
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• India: /ˈəl.fɑː/
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• rhymes with -ælfə
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 L F AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha)bor. English alpha From the Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), the first letter of the Greek alphabet, from the Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, “aleph”). Doublet of alif and aleph.

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَلْفَا (ʔalfā) — name of the letter Α, α
• Armenian: ալֆա (alfa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Asturian: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Belarusian: а́льфа (álʹfa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Bulgarian: а́лфа (álfa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Catalan: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Cherokee: ᎡᎵᏆ (eliqua) — name of the letter Α, α
• Chinese Cantonese: 阿爾法 /阿尔法 (aa3 ji5 faat3) — name of the letter Α, α
• Chinese Cantonese: 阿伐 (aa3 fat6) — name of the letter Α, α
• Chinese Cantonese: 阿拉法 (aa3 laai1 faat3) — name of the letter Α, α
• Chinese Cantonese: 阿耳法 (aa3 ji5 faat3) — name of the letter Α, α
• Hakka Chinese: 阿爾法 /阿尔法 (â-ngì-fap) — name of the letter Α, α
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿爾法 /阿尔法 (ā'ěrfǎ) — name of the letter Α, α
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿伐 (āfá) — name of the letter Α, α
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿拉法 (ālāfǎ) — name of the letter Α, α
• Chinese Mandarin: 阿耳法 (ā'ěrfǎ) — name of the letter Α, α
• Coptic: ⲁⲗⲫⲁ (alpha) — name of the letter Α, α
• Czech: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Danish: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Dutch: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Esperanto: alfo — name of the letter Α, α
• Faroese: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Finnish: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• French: alpha — name of the letter Α, α
• Galician: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Georgian: ალფა (alpa) — name of the letter Α, α
• German: Alpha — name of the letter Α, α
• Greek: άλφα (álfa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Ancient Greek: ἄλφα (álpha) — name of the letter Α, α
• Hebrew: אַלְפָא (álfa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Hindi: अल्फ़ा (alfā) — name of the letter Α, α
• Hungarian: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Icelandic: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Ido: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Interlingua: alpha — name of the letter Α, α
• Irish: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Italian: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Japanese: アルファ (arufa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Khmer: អាល់ហ្វា (ʼalfaa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Korean: 알파 (alpa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Latin: alpha — name of the letter Α, α
• Latvian: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Lithuanian: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Macedonian: алфа (alfa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Malay: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Māori: ārepa — name of the letter Α, α
• Marathi: आल्फा (ālphā) — name of the letter Α, α
• Navajo: álfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Norwegian Bokmål: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Norwegian Nynorsk: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Odia: ଆଲ୍ଫା (ālphā) — name of the letter Α, α
• Persian: آلفا (âlfâ) — name of the letter Α, α
• Polish: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Portuguese: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Romanian: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Russian: а́льфа (álʹfa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Serbo-Croatian: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Serbo-Croatian: алфа — name of the letter Α, α
• Slovak: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Spanish: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Swedish: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Tagalog: alpa — name of the letter Α, α
• Thai: แอลฟา (ɛɛl-fâa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Turkish: alfa — name of the letter Α, α
• Ukrainian: а́льфа (álʹfa) — name of the letter Α, α
• Urdu: الف (alif) — name of the letter Α, α
• Urdu: الفا (alfā) — name of the letter Α, α