alphabetical order

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alphabetical order

  • /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl ˈɔː.də/ UK
  • /ˌælfəˈbɛtɪkəl ˈoɹ.dɚ/ Canada, US
  • [ˌælfəˈbɛɾɪkɫ̩ ˈoɹ.dɚ] Canada, US

noun alphabetical orders

  1. uncountable, usually The sequence of a collection of items (such as words in a dictionary) arranged in order by position in the alphabet. The obituaries are concerning me because people are dying in alphabetical order.

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noun the sequence of a collection of items

Españolorden alfabético
한국어알파벳순 alpabetsun, ABC순 eibissisun, 가나다순 ganadasun, ㄱㄴㄷ순 giyeoknieundigeutsun
日本語アルファベット順 arufabetto-jun, ABC順 ē-bī-shī-jun, あいうえお順 a-i-u-e-o-jun
中文字母順序 /字母顺序 zìmǔ shùnxù
Kiswahilimpangilio wa alfabeti
Portuguêsordem alfabética, ordem de alfabeto
Françaisordre alphabétique
Deutschalphabetische Reihenfolge
Italianoordine alfabetico
Ελληνικάαλφαβητική σειρά alfavitikí seirá
Românăînșiruire alfabetică, ordonare alfabetică
Русскийалфави́тный поря́док alfavítnyj porjádok
Tiếng Việtthứ tự bảng chữ cái
עבריתסדר אלפביתי

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@misc{alphabetical_order_2026,
  title = {alphabetical order},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/alphabetical%20order},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}