Meanings
alternative alphameric · alternative alphamerical · alternative alphanumerical
- nonstandardnot comparablerareConsisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Therefore, we need a special code to represent all alphanumeric data (letters, symbols, and numbers).
2005, Bali, 2000 Solved Problems in Digital Electronics, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, page 36
plural alphanumerics · alternative alphameric · alternative alphamerical · alternative alphanumerical
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn alphanumeric character.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof or pertaining to alphanumeric characters
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-
- Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)
- Ancient Greekἄλφα (álpha)
- Proto-Semitic*bayt-
- Phoenician𐤁𐤕 (bt)
- Ancient Greekβῆτᾰ (bêtă)
- Ancient Greekἀλφάβητος (alphábētos)
- Medieval Greekἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)
- Classical Latinalphabētum
- Middle Englishalphabete
- Englishalphabet
- Englishalpha-
- Proto-Indo-European*nem-
- Proto-Italic*nomezos
- Latinnumerus
- Frenchnumérique
- Englishnumeric
- Englishalphanumeric
Translations
Catalan alfanumèric
- alfanumèricconsisting of letters and numbers
Chinese Mandarin 文數 /文数, 文數字 /文数字
- 文數 /文数 (wénshù)consisting of letters and numbers
- 文數字 /文数字 (wénshùzì)consisting of letters and numbers
Czech alfanumerický
- alfanumerickýconsisting of letters and numbers
Danish alfanumerisk
- alfanumeriskconsisting of letters and numbers
Dutch alfanumeriek
- alfanumeriekconsisting of letters and numbers
Esperanto litercifera
- literciferaconsisting of letters and numbers
Finnish aakkosnumeerinen, alfanumeerinen
- aakkosnumeerinenconsisting of letters and numbers
- alfanumeerinenconsisting of letters and numbers
French alphanumérique
- alphanumériqueconsisting of letters and numbers
German alphanumerisch, alphanummerisch
- alphanumerischconsisting of letters and numbers
- alphanummerischconsisting of letters and numbers
Greek αλφαριθμητικός, αλφαριθμικός
- αλφαριθμητικός (alfarithmitikós)consisting of letters and numbers
- αλφαριθμικός (alfarithmikós)consisting of letters and numbers
Hebrew אַלְפָא נוּמֶרִי
- אַלְפָא נוּמֶרִי (álfa numéri)consisting of letters and numbers
Indonesian alfanumerik
- alfanumerikconsisting of letters and numbers
Italian alfanumerico
- alfanumericoconsisting of letters and numbers
Japanese 英数の, 英数字
- 英数の (eisū no)consisting of letters and numbers
- 英数字 (eisūji)consisting of letters and numbers
Māori retawhika
- retawhikaconsisting of letters and numbers
Norwegian Bokmål alfanumerisk
- alfanumeriskconsisting of letters and numbers
Polish alfanumeryczny
- alfanumerycznyconsisting of letters and numbers
Portuguese alfanumérico
- alfanuméricoconsisting of letters and numbers
Romanian alfanumeric, alfanumerică
- alfanumericconsisting of letters and numbers
- alfanumericăconsisting of letters and numbers
- alfanumericiconsisting of letters and numbers
Russian бу́квенно-цифрово́й
- бу́квенно-цифрово́й (búkvenno-cifrovój)consisting of letters and numbers
Spanish alfanumérico
- alfanuméricoconsisting of letters and numbers
Swedish alfanumerisk
- alfanumeriskconsisting of letters and numbers
Turkish alfanümerik, abecesayısal
- alfanümerikconsisting of letters and numbers
- abecesayısalconsisting of letters and numbers
- abece-sayısalconsisting of letters and numbers
- abece sayısalconsisting of letters and numbers
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with alphanumeric
Cite this entry
alphanumeric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alphanumeric
“alphanumeric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alphanumeric. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alphanumeric,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alphanumeric.
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