phonetic alphabet

English

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 instead of letter names to spell words.

Synonyms

• (assignment of words to letters): spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• NATO phonetic alphabet
• International Phonetic Alphabet

Translations

writing system

• Czech: fonetická abeceda f
• Danish: fonetisk alfabet
• Finnish: foneettiset aakkoset
• Greek: φωνητικό αλφάβητο (el) n (fonitikó alfávito)
• Japanese: 発音記号 (hatsuon kigō), 音声記号 (onsei kigō)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: alfabeto fonético (pt) m
• Russian: фонети́ческий алфави́т (ru) m (fonetíčeskij alfavít)
• Swedish: fonetiskt alfabet n
• Turkish: fonetik alfabe

list of standard words

• Danish: fonetisk alfabet
• Finnish: tavausaakkoset
• Greek: φωνητικό αλφάβητο (el) n (fonitikó alfávito)
• Japanese: 通話表 (tsūwa hyō)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: código fonético m
• Russian: фонети́ческий алфави́т (ru) m (fonetíčeskij alfavít)
• Swedish: bokstaveringsalfabet (sv) n, fonetiskt alfabet n, analogt alfabet n, stavningsalfabet n, radioalfabet n (specifier; radio-comm.), telefonalfabet n (specifier; telephone-comm.)

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} phonetisches Alphabet n
• (deprecated template usage) Hebrew: אלפבית צלילי (alefbiet tslili)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} alfabeto fonetico, ^{(please verify)} alfabeto telefonico m