alfabetycznie

Alfabetycznie is a Polish adverb meaning in alphabetical order or alphabetically. It describes the arrangement of items according to the order of letters in the alphabet used by a language. The term is formed from the adjective alfabetyczny (alphabetical) with the standard Polish adverbial suffix -cznie.

In usage, alfabetycznie is common in libraries, catalogs, bibliographies, databases, and everyday language to indicate sorting or ordering criteria. Examples include: listę alfabetycznie według nazwisk (a list alphabetized by last names) or bazę danych uporządkowano alfabetycznie (the database was organized alphabetically). It can also refer to the property of a sequence or process: porządek alfabetyczny (alphabetical order).

Polish spelling and collation involve diacritics (such as ą, ć, ę, ł, ń, ó, ś, ź, ż). The exact placement of these letters in order follows locale-specific rules; for example, in standard Polish sorting, ą typically follows a and precedes b, and ę follows e. When sorting data across languages or locales, locale-aware collation rules determine the precise order.

See also: alphabetical order, lexicographic order, sorting, alphabetization.