how to pronounce aleph

/ˈɑːləf/

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the above transcription of aleph is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

aleph is pronounced in two syllables

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ɑːləf

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An example use of aleph in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… they call aleph medical order …”

meanings of aleph

noun:

  1. The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀‎ (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀‎ (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ‎ ('ālaph), Hebrew א‎ (aleph) and Arabic ا‎ (ʾalif).

aleph frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word aleph occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

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