spelling alphabet

spelling alphabet - English

Examples
Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, … (ICAO)

spelling alphabet (plural spelling alphabets)

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.

Danish: fonetisk alfabet
Finnish: tavausaakkoset
French: alphabet radio (fr) m
German: Buchstabieralphabet n, Buchstabiertafel f
Greek: φωνητικό αλφάβητο (el) n (fonitikó alfávito)
Hebrew: אלפבית צלילי‎ (he) m (alefbét tslilí)
Italian: alfabeto telefonico m
Japanese: 通話表 (tsūwa hyō)
Portuguese: código fonético m
Romanian: alfabet fonetic (ro) n
Russian: фонети́ческий алфави́т (ru) m (fonetíčeskij alfavít)
Swedish: bokstaveringsalfabet (sv) n, fonetiskt alfabet n, analogt alfabet n, stavningsalfabet n, radioalfabet n (specifier; radio-comm.), telefonalfabet n (specifier; telephone-comm.)