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phonetic_alphabet

phonetic alphabet

English

Noun

phonetic alphabet ‎(plural phonetic alphabets)

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

Synonyms

(assignment of words to letters): spelling alphabet

Derived terms

Translations

writing system

Greek: φωνητικό αλφάβητο (el) n ‎(fonitikó alfávito)
Portuguese: alfabeto fonético (pt) m
Japanese: 発音記号 ‎(hatsuon kigō), 音声記号 ‎(onsei kigō)
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)
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.)