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Latin script

Latin script noun: the Latin alphabet.

Noun

Latin script (countable and uncountable, plural Latin scripts)

  1. (broadly) The Latin alphabet.
  2. The script (set of symbols) rooted in the Latin alphabet of ancient Rome and adapted over the centuries to form the alphabets of scores of other languages; like Cyrillic script, it corresponds to a family of alphabets rather than a single alphabet.
    • This comes to us from the writing tradition of two Slavic languages which normally use the Latin script—namely, Polish and Czech.1880, John Michels, “Science”, in American Association for the Advancement of Science, page 485
    • In 1924 the Soviets held a Conference at Baku to consider this question, and it was decided there to adopt the Latin script for the various Tartar languages of central Asia.1942, Jawaharlal Nehru, Glimpses of world history; being further letters to his daughter, written in prison, and containing a rambling account of history for young people, The John Day Company, page...

Forms of Latin script

pluralLatin scripts

Questions about Latin script

What does Latin script mean?
Latin script means the Latin alphabet.
What part of speech is Latin script?
Latin script is a noun.
What is the plural of Latin script?
The plural of Latin script is Latin scripts.

Words near Latin script in the dictionary

  1. Latin notary
  2. Latin Quarter
  3. Latin rite
  4. Latin rites
  5. Latin school
  6. Latin script
  7. Latin scripts
  8. Latin square
  9. Latin squares
  10. Latin time
  11. Latin times

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