alphabetic

• Qui se rapporte à l'alphabet ou qui est exprimé au moyen de l'alphabet ; qui est disposé dans l'ordre des lettres de l'alphabet.

Relating to or expressed by an alphabet; arranged in the order of the letters of the alphabet.

1. Relating to an alphabetB2formal

   Pertaining to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet.

   Alphabétique (relatif à l'alphabet)

   • The alphabetic script of English uses 26 letters.
   • Many ancient languages did not have an alphabetic system.
   • The development of alphabetic writing was a major milestone.

   Synonymesalphabetical

   Antonymesideographiclogographicpictographic

2. Arranged in alphabetical orderB1formal

   Organized according to the sequence of letters in an alphabet.

   Par ordre alphabétique

   • The dictionary entries are listed in alphabetic order.
   • Please sort these names in alphabetic sequence.
   • The index is arranged alphabetically for easy reference.

   Synonymesalphabeticalalphabetizedlexicographic