phonetic alphabet
an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
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How to use phonetic alphabet in a sentence
It is evident that the use of a phonetic alphabet will make havoc of the ordinary spelling to be learnt subsequently.
The Principles of Language-Study | Harold E. PalmerThe use of a phonetic alphabet is the only way to perform this double work rapidly, rationally, and with the minimum of confusion.
The Principles of Language-Study | Harold E. PalmerBut how was this to be effected with a language which, like Chinese, had no phonetic alphabet?
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I | Friedrich Max MllerThey gave the phonetic alphabet to mankind and it seems not unlikely the knowledge of iron as well.
Ancient Society | Lewis Henry MorganIt is interesting as one of the stages of an art which culminated in the invention of a phonetic alphabet.
Ancient Society | Lewis Henry Morgan
British Dictionary definitions for phonetic alphabet
a list of the words used in communications to represent the letters of the alphabet, as in E for Echo, T for Tango
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