phonetic alphabet

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noun

an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.

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Origin of phonetic alphabet

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby phonetic alphabet

phone sex, phonesthemic, phonet., phone tag, phonetic, phonetic alphabet, phonetician, phoneticize, phonetic law, phonetics, phonetist
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British Dictionary definitions for phonetic alphabet

phonetic alphabet

noun

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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