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SOUND ALPHABET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sound alphabet mean?
• SOUND ALPHABET (noun)
The noun SOUND ALPHABET has 1 sense:
1. an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech
Familiarity information: SOUND ALPHABET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
phonetic alphabet; sound alphabet
Hypernyms ("sound alphabet" is a kind of...):
alphabet (a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language)
Meronyms (members of "sound alphabet"):
phonetic symbol (a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sound alphabet"):
visible speech (a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century)
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