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analphabete

analphabete is the alternative spelling of analphabet.

Meaning of analphabet

Noun

analphabet (plural analphabets)

  1. 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.1896, J[ohn] M[orrison] Reid, J. T. Gracey, “Part XI. Mission to Italy.”, in Missions and the Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church […] In Three Volumes, volume III, New York, N.Y....
    Synonyms:
    illiterate

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Forms of analphabete

Noun
pluralanalphabetes
Adjective
comparativemore analphabete
superlativemost analphabete

Origin of analphabete

Borrowed from French analphabète.

Questions about analphabete

What is analphabete the alternative spelling of?
Analphabete is the alternative spelling of analphabet.

Words near analphabete in the dictionary

  1. analogue watch
  2. analogue watches
  3. analogues
  4. analogy
  5. analphabet
  6. analphabete
  7. analphabetes
  8. analphabetic
  9. analphabetical
  10. analphabetics
  11. analphabetism

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