Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

analphabete

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: anal-pha-bete
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of analphabet.

adj

Alternative spelling of analphabet.

Example Sentences

"In 1861, out of a total population of 21,777,331, there were no less than 16,999,701 "analphabetes," or persons absolutely unable to read."
"The Beckettian progression appears occasionally: while Miss Counihan (static) is an omnivorous reader and Murphy (transitional) a strict non-reader, Cooper is an analphabete."
"The porter was an analphabete, but together / we found your name, down among the Os, / and there you were, my brave love, / in a loose hospital gown that covered nothing; […]"
"All these love tales are in verse, transmitted up to this day, through countless generations of oral tradition by an analphabete people with an inborn, unerring sense of art."

Etymology

Borrowed from French analphabète.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: analphabète

Inflected Forms

analphabetes (plural) more analphabete (comparative) most analphabete (superlative)

Questions

What does analphabete mean?: Alternative spelling of analphabet.
Where does analphabete come from?: It is traced to French.

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