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prealphabets

prealphabets is the plural of prealphabet.

Meaning of prealphabet

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

Questions about prealphabets

What is prealphabets the plural of?
Prealphabets is the plural of prealphabet.

Words near prealphabets in the dictionary

  1. preallotted
  2. preallotting
  3. prealphabet
  4. prealphabetic
  5. prealphabetical
  6. prealphabets
  7. Prealps
  8. prealter
  9. prealtered
  10. prealtering
  11. prealternate

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