phonetic alphabet
noun
an alphabet containing a separate character for each distinguishable speech sound.
Origin of phonetic alphabet
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby phonetic alphabet
phonendoscope,
phoner,
phonesthemic,
phonet.,
phonetic,
phonetic alphabet,
phonetic law,
phonetician,
phoneticize,
phonetics,
phonetist
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