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phonetic alphabets

phonetic alphabets is the plural of phonetic alphabet.

Meaning of phonetic alphabet

Noun

phonetic alphabet (plural phonetic alphabets)

  1. A writing system used to unambiguously transcribe the sounds of human speech.
    • International Phonetic Alphabet
  2. A spelling alphabet: a set of code words used to substitute the names of the letters of the alphabet, usually for clarity of communication when spelling out words.
    • NATO phonetic alphabet

Questions about phonetic alphabets

What is phonetic alphabets the plural of?
Phonetic alphabets is the plural of phonetic alphabet.

Words near phonetic alphabets in the dictionary

  1. phonesthetic
  2. phonesthetics
  3. phonet.
  4. phonetic
  5. phonetic alphabet
  6. phonetic alphabets
  7. phonetic determinative
  8. phonetic determinatives
  9. phonetic erosion
  10. phonetic name
  11. phonetic names

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