"spelling alphabet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spelling alphabets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spelling alphabet (plural spelling alphabets)
  1. A set of code words that stand for the usual names of the letters of an alphabet, usually for clarity of communication when spelling out words, especially over the radio and especially despite any static thereon. Synonyms: phonetic alphabet, radio alphabet, telephone alphabet, voice procedure alphabet, word-spelling alphabet Related terms: alphabet soup Translations (set of code words): fonetisk alfabet (Danish), tavausaakkoset (Finnish), alphabet radio [masculine] (French), Buchstabieralphabet [neuter] (German), Buchstabiertafel [feminine] (German), φωνητικό αλφάβητο (fonitikó alfávito) [neuter] (Greek), אלפבית צלילי (alefbét tslilí) [masculine] (Hebrew), alfabeto telefonico [masculine] (Italian), 通話表 (tsūwa hyō) (Japanese), código fonético [masculine] (Portuguese), alfabet fonetic [neuter] (Romanian), фонети́ческий алфави́т (fonetíčeskij alfavít) [masculine] (Russian), bokstaveringsalfabet [neuter] (Swedish), fonetiskt alfabet [neuter] (Swedish), analogt alfabet [neuter] (Swedish), stavningsalfabet [neuter] (Swedish), radioalfabet (specifier; radio-comm.) [neuter] (Swedish), telefonalfabet (specifier; telephone-comm.) [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-spelling_alphabet-en-noun-gyuEvoam Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments Hyponyms: NATO spelling alphabet (english: NATO phonetic alphabet, ICAO spelling alphabet), French spelling alphabet [dated], Finnish spelling alphabet, German spelling alphabet [dated], Italian spelling alphabet [dated], Korean spelling alphabet, Portuguese spelling alphabet [dated], Russian spelling alphabet, Spanish spelling alphabet [dated], Swedish spelling alphabet, Turkish spelling alphabet [dated]

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          ],
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          ],
          "word": "φωνητικό αλφάβητο"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "alefbét tslilí",
          "sense": "set of code words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אלפבית צלילי"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "set of code words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "alfabeto telefonico"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tsūwa hyō",
          "sense": "set of code words",
          "word": "通話表"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "set of code words",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "código fonético"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "set of code words",
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          ],
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          ],
          "word": "фонети́ческий алфави́т"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "set of code words",
      "word": "fonetisk alfabet"
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      "sense": "set of code words",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Buchstabiertafel"
    },
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      "sense": "set of code words",
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      ],
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      "sense": "set of code words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alfabeto telefonico"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "set of code words",
      "word": "通話表"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "set of code words",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "código fonético"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "alfabet fonetic"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "фонети́ческий алфави́т"
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