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CMU ARPABET:AE2 L F AH0 B EH1 T IH0 K L IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adv
Meaning 1
In an alphabetical manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: manner
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adv
Meaning 2
Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: sequence
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alphabetical order
Antonyms: none provided
3
adverb
Meaning 3
in alphabetical order
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the list was arranged alphabetically
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English alphabetical Middle English -ly English -ly English alphabetically From alphabetical + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَبْجَدِيًّا
(ʔabjadiyyan)
— in an alphabetical manner
Catalan:
alfabèticament
— in an alphabetical manner
Chinese Mandarin:
按字母順序 /按字母顺序
(àn zìmǔ shùnxù)
— in an alphabetical manner
Chinese Mandarin:
按字母排序
(àn zìmǔ páixù)
— in an alphabetical manner
Czech:
abecedně
— in an alphabetical manner
Czech:
abecední
— in an alphabetical manner
Danish:
alfabetisk
— in an alphabetical manner
Esperanto:
alfabete
— in an alphabetical manner
Finnish:
aakkosellisesti
— in an alphabetical manner
French:
alphabétiquement
— in an alphabetical manner
Galician:
alfabeticamente
— in an alphabetical manner
German:
alphabetisch
— in an alphabetical manner
Italian:
alfabeticamente
— in an alphabetical manner
Macedonian:
азбучно
(azbučno)
— in an alphabetical manner
Polish:
alfabetycznie
— in an alphabetical manner
Polish:
abecadłowo
— in an alphabetical manner
Portuguese:
alfabeticamente
— in an alphabetical manner
Romanian:
alfabetic
— in an alphabetical manner
Russian:
в алфави́тном поря́дке
(v alfavítnom porjádke)
— in an alphabetical manner
Spanish:
alfabéticamente
— in an alphabetical manner
Swedish:
alfabetiskt
— in an alphabetical manner
Arabic:
أَبْجَدِيًّا
(ʔabjadiyyan)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Armenian:
այբբենականորեն
(aybbenakanoren)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Armenian:
այբբենական կարգով
(aybbenakan kargov)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Catalan:
alfabèticament
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Chinese Mandarin:
按字母順序 /按字母顺序
(àn zìmǔ shùnxù)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Chinese Mandarin:
按字母排序
(àn zìmǔ páixù)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Czech:
abecedně
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Czech:
abecední
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Danish:
alfabetisk
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Dutch:
alfabetisch
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Esperanto:
laŭalfabete
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Esperanto:
alfabete
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Finnish:
aakkosjärjestyksessä
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Finnish:
aakkosittain
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
French:
alphabétiquement
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Galician:
alfabeticamente
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
German:
alphabetisch
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Ancient Greek:
κατὰ στοιχεῖον
(katà stoikheîon)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Gujarati:
કક્કાવાર
(kakkāvār)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Hungarian:
betűrendben
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Italian:
alfabeticamente
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Japanese:
アルファベット順に
(arufabetto jun ni)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Japanese:
ABC順に
(ē-bī-shī jun ni)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Korean:
알파벳순의
(alpabetsunui)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Macedonian:
азбучно
(azbučno)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Norwegian Bokmål:
alfabetisk
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Norwegian Nynorsk:
alfabetisk
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Polish:
alfabetycznie
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Polish:
abecadłowo
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Portuguese:
alfabeticamente
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Romanian:
alfabetic
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Russian:
в алфави́тном поря́дке
(v alfavítnom porjádke)
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Spanish:
alfabéticamente
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Swedish:
alfabetiskt
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Swedish:
i bokstavsordning
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet
Vietnamese:
theo thứ tự bảng chữ cái
— arranged in the sequence of the alphabet