phonetic alphabet

English

Noun

phonetic alphabet (plural phonetic alphabets)

1. A writing system used to unambiguously transcribe the sounds of human speech.

   International Phonetic Alphabet

2. A spelling alphabet: a set of code words used to substitute the names of the letters of the alphabet, usually for clarity of communication when spelling out words.

   Synonyms: spelling alphabet, radio alphabet

   NATO phonetic alphabet

Derived terms

• International Phonetic Alphabet
• NATO phonetic alphabet

Translations

writing system

• Czech: fonetická abeceda f
• Danish: fonetisk alfabet
• Finnish: foneettiset aakkoset
• German: phonetisches Alphabet n
• Greek: φωνητικό αλφάβητο (el) n (fonitikó alfávito)
• Hebrew: אָלֶפְבֵּית פוֹנֵטִי m (alefbét fonéti)
• Japanese: 発音記号 (hatsuon kigō), 音声記号 (onsei kigō)
• Portuguese: alfabeto fonético (pt) m
• Romanian: alfabet fonetic (ro) n
• Russian: фонети́ческий алфави́т (ru) m (fonetíčeskij alfavít)
• Swedish: fonetiskt alfabet n
• Turkish: fonetik alfabe

spelling alphabet — see spelling alphabet

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} alfabeto fonetico, ^{(please verify)} alfabeto telefonico m

Further reading

• phonetic alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia