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analphabet
- /əˈnælfəbɛt/
Where it comes from
From Late Latin analphabetus (“unable to read and write; illiterate”), from Ancient Greek ἀναλφάβητος (analphábētos, “illiterate”), from ἀν- (an-, “un-”) + ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”); analysable as an- + alphabet. The English word was probably influenced by cognate words in other languages such as French analphabète (adjective), German Analphabetus, Analphabet (nouns), analphabeten (adjective), Italian analfabeta (adjective, noun), analfabeto (adjective, noun), Portuguese analfabeto (adjective, noun), Spanish analfabeto (adjective, noun).
The adjective was derived from the noun.
noun analphabets · analphabete
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A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
In 1861, out of a total population of 21,777,331, there were no less than 16,999,701 "analphabetes," or persons absolutely unable to read.
Similar: illiterate
adjective more analphabet · most analphabet
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Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.
[…] Vincentius Pinelli’s Books, which after his death, being ſhipped by his Heirs for Naples, and taken by the Turks, were many of them thrown overboard by thoſe Analphabet Rogues, who looked for other merchandiſe than Books. Yet many of them were recovered again for Money, […]
Similar: illiterate
Translations
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noun person who does not know the letters of the alphabet — see also illiterate
| Español | analfabeto, analfabeta |
|---|---|
| Português | analfabeto, analfabeta |
| Français | analphabète |
| Deutsch | Analphabet, Analphabetin |
| Italiano | analfabeta |
| Ελληνικά | αναλφάβητος analfávitos |
| Русский | негра́мотный negrámotnyj |
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title = {analphabet},
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