phonetic alphabet

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Noun

phonetic alphabet (plural phonetic alphabets)

1. A writing system used for transcribing the sounds of human speech into writing.
2. A list of standard words used to identify letters.

Synonyms

• (assignment of words to letters): spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• NATO phonetic alphabet
• International Phonetic Alphabet

Translations

writing system

• Czech: fonetická abeceda (cs) f
• Danish: fonetisk alfabet (da)
• Finnish: foneettiset (fi) aakkoset (fi)

• Greek: φωνητικό αλφάβητο (el) (fonitikó alfávito) n
• Japanese: 発音記号 (ja) (hatsuon kigō), 音声記号 (ja) (onsei kigō)
• Turkish: fonetik alfabe (tr)

list of standard words

• Danish: fonetisk alfabet (da)
• Finnish: tavausaakkoset (fi)
• Greek: φωνητικό αλφάβητο (el) (fonitikó alfávito) n

• Japanese: 通話表 (ja) (tsūwa hyō)
• Russian: фонетический алфавит (ru) (fonetíčeskij alfavít) m

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• German: phonetisches Alphabet n
• Hebrew: אלפבית צלילי (alefbiet tslili)

• Italian: alfabeto fonetico, alfabeto telefonico m
• Portuguese: alfabeto fonético (pt) m