Phrase guide

ICAO spelling alphabet

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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noun

Meaning 1

The ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet of the International Civil Aviation Organization, which assigns names to letters of the alphabet for clearer enunciation (and for the same reason pronounces the numeral 9 as niner)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: NATO phonetic alphabet

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 北約音標字母 /北约音标字母 (Běiyuē Yīnbiāo Zìmǔ) — ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際無線電通話拼寫字母 /国际无线电通话拼写字母 (Guójì Wúxiàndiàn Tōnghuà Pīnxiě Zìmǔ) — ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet
  • Finnish: ICAO:n radioaakkoset — ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet
  • German: NATO-Buchstabieralphabet — ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet
  • Polish: alfabet fonetyczny ICAO — ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet
  • Romanian: alfabetul radio-fonetic ICAO — ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet
  • Russian: фонети́ческий алфави́т ИКА́О (fonɛtíčeskij alfavít IKÁO) — ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet
  • Spanish: alfabeto radiofónico — ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet
  • Swedish: ICAO:s bokstaveringsalfabet — ICAO radiotelephony spelling alphabet