phonetic alphabet

English Thesaurus

1. an alphabet of characters intended to represent specific sounds of speech (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	alphabet,
definition	:	a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language (noun.communication)

hyponym	:	visible speech,
definition	:	a phonetic alphabet invented by Melville Bell in the 19th century (noun.communication)

member holonym	:	phonetic symbol,
definition	:	a written character used in phonetic transcription of represent a particular speech sound (noun.communication)