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phonetic alphabet (s) (noun), phonetic alphabets (pl)
A set of symbols, each representing a distinct speech sound: In her book, Linda read about the phonetic alphabet as a standardized set of characters or signs used in phonetic transcription.
This entry is located in the following units: alpha; A, α + (page 3) beta; B, β + (page 3) phon-, phono-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, -phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically, -phony + (page 11)