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masculine

/al.fa/

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Translation

alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet

Word origin

From Greek alpha, the name of the first letter, borrowed from Phoenician aleph ('ox'). The same letter name gives English 'alphabet' when joined to beta.

Origin: Greek
Root: alpha
English cognates: alpha, alphabet

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralalphas

Examples

The alpha wolf leads the group.

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Alpha comes from ancient Greek.

He behaves like an alpha male.

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The alpha signal was never received.

The first group goes by the name alpha.

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This word is part of lesson 57.