Definition of Roman alphabet

1. Noun. The alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe.

Exact synonyms: Latin Alphabet
Generic synonyms: Alphabet, Bicameral Script
Member holonyms: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, Double-u, W, Ex, X, Wye, Y, Ezed, Izzard, Z, Zed, Zee

Definition of Roman alphabet

1. Noun. The Latin alphabet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Alphabet

Romaji
Roman
Roman Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Pope
Roman Catholicism
Roman Catholics
Roman Church
Roman Emperor
Roman Empire
Roman Jakobson
Roman Legion
Roman Osipovich Jakobson
Roman Republic
Roman Rite
Roman alphabet
Roman alphabets
Roman arch
Roman architecture
Roman bath
Roman baths
Roman building
Roman calendar
Roman candle
Roman candles
Roman collar
Roman coriander
Roman cursive
Roman deity
Roman fever

Literary usage of Roman alphabet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"The only way out of the difficulty is to discard the roman alphabet altogether, and start afresh. - What is wanted is a notation built up on definite ..."

2. The Practical Study of Languages: A Guide for Teachers and Learners by Henry Sweet (1906)
"... indeed, questionable whether it is possible to construct a really efficient universal alphabet on the basis of the roman alphabet. ..."

3. A History of the Art of Writing by William Albert Mason (1920)
"CHAPTER XIII THE roman alphabet THE roman alphabet, from which the capital letters of our English alphabet have descended with hardly the change of a single ..."

4. A History of the Art of Writing by William Albert Mason (1920)
"CHAPTER XIII THE roman alphabet THE roman alphabet, from which the capital letters of our English alphabet have descended with hardly the change of a single ..."

5. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1809)
"... converted by the Germans or Italians, or who afterwards adopted the Roman Catholic tenets, employ- either the German or roman alphabet *» That tribe of ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It was taken into the roman alphabet as a form distinct from V in the ist century BC, when it was desired to represent the sound of the Greek и more ..."

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