Roman alphabet

Roman alphabet
noun
the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe
• Syn: ↑Latin alphabet
• Hypernyms: ↑alphabet, ↑bicameral script
• Member Meronyms:
↑A, ↑a, ↑B, ↑b, ↑C, ↑c, ↑D, ↑d, ↑E, ↑e, ↑F, ↑f, ↑G, ↑g, ↑H, ↑h, ↑I, ↑i, ↑J, ↑j, ↑K, ↑k, ↑L, ↑l, ↑M, ↑m, ↑N, ↑n, ↑O, ↑o, ↑P, ↑p, ↑Q, ↑q, ↑R, ↑r, ↑S, ↑s, ↑T, ↑t, ↑U, ↑u, ↑V, ↑v, ↑W, ↑w, ↑double-u, ↑X, ↑x, ↑ex, ↑Y, ↑y, ↑wye, ↑Z, ↑z, ↑zee, ↑zed, ↑ezed, ↑izzard

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized R

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Roman alphabet noun
The alphabet developed by the ancient Romans for writing Latin, used for most writing in W European languages
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Main Entry: ↑Roman

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Roman alphabet,
the alphabet originally used by the Romans to write Latin. We use the Roman alphabet, with minor modifications, in writing English. »

The early Roman alphabet had about 20 letters, and gradually gained 3 more (I.J. Gelb).

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noun
the Roman alphabet
: the alphabet that was used for writing Latin and that is now used for writing English and many other European languages

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the ˌRoman ˈalphabet [Roman alphabet] noun singular
the alphabet that is used in English and in most western European languages

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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