Latin alphabet

American  

noun

1. the alphabetic script derived from the Greek alphabet through Etruscan, used from about the 6th century b.c. for the writing of Latin, and since adopted, with modifications and additions of letters such as w, by the languages of Western Europe, including English, as well as many other languages.

---

Latin alphabet British  

noun

1. another term for Roman alphabet

---

Etymology

Origin of Latin alphabet

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

The x-height is the height of most lowercase letters in the Latin alphabet, and makes up nearly all of the printed marks on a page.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

He abolished the caliphate, replaced the Arabic script with the Latin alphabet and gave women the right to vote.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2023

Analysis of handwriting on one warhead determined that the first word was Ukrainian for "from," while a second Latin alphabet word related to an organization in Kyiv, which the report did not identify.

From Reuters • Jun. 30, 2023

Latin remained the language of the educated, for example, and Germanic peoples gradually adopted the Latin alphabet for their own languages, including English.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

I hadn’t written those letters in the Latin alphabet.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros