al·pha·bet·i·cal

(ăl′fə-bĕt′ĭ-kəl) also al·pha·bet·ic (-bĕt′ĭk)

adj.

1. Arranged in the customary order of the letters of a language.

2. Of, relating to, or expressed by an alphabet.

al′pha·bet′i·cal·ly adv.

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alphabetical

(ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl) or

alphabetic

adj

1. in the conventional order of the letters or symbols of an alphabet

2. of, characterized by, or expressed by an alphabet

ˌalphaˈbetically adv

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al•pha•bet•i•cal

(ˌæl fəˈbɛt ɪ kəl)

also al`pha•bet′ic,

adj.

1. in the order of the letters of the alphabet.

2. pertaining to, expressed by, or using an alphabet.

[1560–70]

al`pha•bet′i•cal•ly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	alphabetical - relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet; "alphabetical writing system" alphabetic
	2.	alphabetical - arranged in order according to the alphabet; "an alphabetic arrangement"; "dictionaries list words in alphabetical order" alphabetic

Translations

الفبائي، أبْجَدِي

abecední

alphabetisch

alfabético

aakkosellinenaakkoset

alphabétique abécédaire

abecednialfabetski

ábécérendialfabetikusbetûrendes

stafrófs-

abecedarius

abecedný

abecedni

alfabetisk

alfabetik

依字母顺序的

alphabetical

[ˌælfəˈbetɪkəl] ADJ → alfabético
in alphabetical order → en or por orden alfabético

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

alphabetical

[ˌælfəˈbɛtɪk^əl] adj [list, index] → alphabétique
in alphabetical order → par ordre alphabétique

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

alphabetical

[ˌælfəˈbɛtɪk/əl] adj → alfabetico/a
in alphabetical order → in ordine alfabetico

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

alphabet

(ˈӕlfəbit) noun

the letters of a written language arranged in order. I have learned all the letters of the Greek alphabet.

ˌalphaˈbetical (-ˈbe-) adjective

in alphabetical order.

ˌalphaˈbetically adverb

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Wearing in his solitary confinement no fetters that he could polish, and being provided with no drinking-cup that he could carve, be had fallen on the device of ringing alphabetical changes into the two volumes in question, or of entering vast numbers of persons out of the Directory as transacting business with Mr Lightwood.

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These things are not words, they are alphabetical processions.

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