spelling alphabet

English

Noun

Examples
Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, … (ICAO)

spelling alphabet (plural spelling alphabets)

1. A set of code words that stand for the usual names of the letters of an alphabet, usually for clarity of communication when spelling out words.

Synonyms

• phonetic alphabet (imprecise)
• radio alphabet
• telephone alphabet
• voice procedure alphabet
• word-spelling alphabet

Derived terms

• ICAO spelling alphabet

See also

• Appendix:NATO spelling alphabet

Translations

set of code words

• Danish: fonetisk alfabet
• Finnish: tavausaakkoset
• French: alphabet radio (fr) m
• German: Buchstabieralphabet n, Buchstabiertafel f
• Greek: φωνητικό αλφάβητο (el) n (fonitikó alfávito)
• Hebrew: אלפבית צלילי‎ (he) m (alefbét tslilí)
• Italian: alfabeto telefonico m
• Japanese: 通話表 (tsūwa hyō)

• 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.)

Further reading

• spelling alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia