Alfa

See also: alfa and alfą

Translingual

Alfa [1]
Alfa [2]
Alfa [3]

Alternative forms

• alfa, ALFA

Etymology

Borrowed from English alpha, respelled to make the pronunciation clearer to those who do not speak English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈalfa]

Noun

Alfa

1. (international standards) NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony clear code (spelling-alphabet name) for the letter A.
   • 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5

     ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".

2. (nautical) Signal flag for the letter A.
3. (time zone) UTC+01:00

ICAO/NATO radiotelephonic clear codes

code	Alfa	Bravo	Charlie	Delta	Echo	Foxtrot	Golf	Hotel	India	Juliett	Kilo	Lima	Mike
	November	Oscar	Papa	Quebec	Romeo	Sierra	Tango	Uniform	Victor	Whiskey	Xray	Yankee	Zulu
	zero	one	two	three (tree)	four (fower)	five (fife)	six	seven	eight	nine (niner)	hundred	thousand	decimal

Translations

the letter "A" in a national spelling alphabet

• Czech: Adam (cs)
• English: Able
• Estonian: Anna (et)
• Finnish: Aarne (fi)
• Italian: Ancona (it)
• Swedish: Adam (sv)

English

Etymology

Clipping of Alfa Romeo.

Noun

Alfa (plural Alfas)

1. (automotive, informal) A car made by Alfa Romeo.

Anagrams

• AAFL, Fala, faal

Etruscan

Romanization

Alfa

1. Romanization of 𐌀𐌋𐌅𐌀

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.fa/

• Audio:

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Noun

Alfa f (plural Alfa)

1. Short for Alfa Romeo.

Icelandic

Proper noun

Alfa f (proper noun, genitive singular Ölfu)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Alfa (sg-only feminine)

indefinite singular
nominative	Alfa
accusative	Ölfu
dative	Ölfu
genitive	Ölfu