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prealphabet

prealphabet noun: a writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.

Noun

prealphabet (plural prealphabets)

  1. A writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.
    • Our own dearly beloved Anglo Saxons used a very basic prealphabet consisting of 'runes' (straight lines scratched onto wood, bone or stone) called, rather quaintly I think, 'futhorc.'2018, Bob Yareham, English Actually

Forms of prealphabet

pluralprealphabets

Origin of prealphabet

From pre- + alphabet.

Questions about prealphabet

What does prealphabet mean?
Prealphabet means a writing system that was used before an alphabet, or later developed into an alphabet.
What part of speech is prealphabet?
Prealphabet is a noun.
What is the plural of prealphabet?
The plural of prealphabet is prealphabets.

Words near prealphabet in the dictionary

  1. preallotment
  2. preallotments
  3. preallots
  4. preallotted
  5. preallotting
  6. prealphabet
  7. prealphabetic
  8. prealphabetical
  9. prealphabets
  10. Prealps
  11. prealter

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