[aβeˈθɛ]
OriginAttested since circa 1300. From the first three letters of the Latin alphabet.
- masculineABCs, alphabet
“Et mandarõ aos scripuães que nõ fezessem letera toledana -ca dõ Gilfos, arçebispo dos godos, fezo ẽno Abeçe suas feguras das leteras - et que husasem das leteras do Abeçe rromano” — And they ordered the scribes not to use the Toledan typeface -because Wulfila, archbishop of the Goths, did in the alphabet his own figures of the letters- and that they should use the Roman alphabet
Formsabecés(plural) · abecê(alternative)