letter; letter of the alphabet; alphabetic character




the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech

"his grandmother taught him his letters"

Type of:
  • character; grapheme; graphic symbol

Types:
  • ascender
  • descender
  • digraph; digram
  • initial
  • A; a
  • B; b
  • C; c
  • D; d
  • E; e
  • F; f
  • G; g
  • H; h
  • I; i
  • J; j
  • K; k
  • L; l
  • M; m
  • N; n
  • O; o
  • P; p
  • Q; q
  • R; r
  • S; s
  • T; t
  • U; u
  • V; v
  • W; w; double-u
  • X; x; ex
  • Y; y; wye
  • Z; z; zee; zed; ezed; izzard
  • alpha
  • beta
  • gamma
  • delta
  • epsilon
  • zeta
  • eta
  • theta
  • iota
  • kappa
  • lambda
  • mu
  • nu
  • xi
  • omicron
  • pi
  • rho
  • sigma
  • tau
  • upsilon
  • phi
  • chi; khi
  • psi
  • omega
  • aleph
  • beth
  • gimel
  • daleth
  • he
  • waw
  • zayin
  • heth
  • teth
  • yodh
  • kaph
  • lamedh
  • mem
  • nun
  • samekh
  • ayin
  • pe
  • sadhe
  • qoph
  • resh
  • sin
  • shin
  • taw
  • polyphone; polyphonic letter
  • block letter; block capital
  • vowel
  • consonant

Parts:
  • alphabet


WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University