alfabeet

Probably borrowed from French alphabète.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑl.faːˈbeːt/

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• Hyphenation: al‧fa‧beet

alfabeet m or f (plural alfabeten, diminutive alfabeetje n)

1. a literate

• analfabeet

• alfabetisme

• alfabet

From Late Latin alphabētum, from Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos).

alfabeet (genitive alfabeedi, partitive alfabeeti)

1. alphabet

   Synonym: tähestik

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), “alfabeet”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language]‎ (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)