# abece
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* abëcë

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [a.bɛ.t͡sɛ]

### Noun

* abecé f (plural abecé, definite abecéja, definite plural abecét)
* abëcë f (plural abëcë, definite abëcëja, definite plural abëcët)
* ABC, alphabet
* elements, rudiments

#### Further reading

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
* “abece”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
* Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 27 (abecé)
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “abece”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 1

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

abece (plural abece-abece)
* abese

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* A. B. C., a.b.c., ABC, abc, abbesse, abce, abcy, abicee, abse, a-pece, apecy, apsy

### Etymology

From A +‎ B +‎ C, the first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːbɛːseː/, /ˈaːbɛːsɛː/, /ˈabɛseː/, /ˈabseː/, /ˈapseː/

### Noun

abece
* An alphabet; the (Latin) alphabet.
* An abecedary; an alphabet book.
* The ABC; the fundamentals.
* An acrostic poem in alphabetical order.

#### Descendants

* English: ABC (obsolete absey)
* Scots: ABC, aw-bay-say

#### References

* “ā̆becẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Old Spanish
### Alternative forms

* A.B.C.

### Etymology

From the names of the first three letters of the Latin [Term?] alphabet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aβeˈt͡se/

### Noun

abece m (usually uncountable)
* alphabet, ABCs
** c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 102v:[…] ⁊ en la ſazon q̃ deſcenden los rayos dela figura delas ſiete letras del abece de ſaturno […] […] and in the season in which descend the rays of the shape of the seven letters of the alphabet of Saturn […]

#### Descendants

* Spanish: abecé

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish abecé, from the first three letters of the Spanish alphabet.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔabeˈse/ [ʔɐ.bɛˈsɛ], /ˌʔaˈbese/ [ˌʔaːˈbɛː.sɛ]
* Rhymes: -e, -ese
* Syllabification: a‧be‧ce

### Noun

abecé or ábéce (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒ)
* Alternative spelling of abese

## Turkish
### Etymology

A combination of the first three letters of the Turkish alphabet; a, be and ce

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑː.beː.ˈd͡ʒeː/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

abece (definite accusative abeceyi, plural abeceler)
* alphabet

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
abece
abeceler
definite accusative
abeceyi
abeceleri
dative
abeceye
abecelere
locative
abecede
abecelerde
ablative
abeceden
abecelerden
genitive
abecenin
abecelerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
abecem
abecelerim
2nd singular
abecen
abecelerin
3rd singular
abecesi
abeceleri
1st plural
abecemiz
abecelerimiz
2nd plural
abeceniz
abeceleriniz
3rd plural
abeceleri
abeceleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
abecemi
abecelerimi
2nd singular
abeceni
abecelerini
3rd singular
abecesini
abecelerini
1st plural
abecemizi
abecelerimizi
2nd plural
abecenizi
abecelerinizi
3rd plural
abecelerini
abecelerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
abeceme
abecelerime
2nd singular
abecene
abecelerine
3rd singular
abecesine
abecelerine
1st plural
abecemize
abecelerimize
2nd plural
abecenize
abecelerinize
3rd plural
abecelerine
abecelerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
abecemde
abecelerimde
2nd singular
abecende
abecelerinde
3rd singular
abecesinde
abecelerinde
1st plural
abecemizde
abecelerimizde
2nd plural
abecenizde
abecelerinizde
3rd plural
abecelerinde
abecelerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
abecemden
abecelerimden
2nd singular
abecenden
abecelerinden
3rd singular
abecesinden
abecelerinden
1st plural
abecemizden
abecelerimizden
2nd plural
abecenizden
abecelerinizden
3rd plural
abecelerinden
abecelerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
abecemin
abecelerimin
2nd singular
abecenin
abecelerinin
3rd singular
abecesinin
abecelerinin
1st plural
abecemizin
abecelerimizin
2nd plural
abecenizin
abecelerinizin
3rd plural
abecelerinin
abecelerinin
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
abeceyim
abecelerim
2nd singular
abecesin
abecelersin
3rd singular
abece abecedir
abeceler abecelerdir
1st plural
abeceyiz
abeceleriz
2nd plural
abecesiniz
abecelersiniz
3rd plural
abeceler
abecelerdir :

#### Synonyms

* alfabe
* elifbe