acronym

(Anglès)

Noun

1. An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.
2. An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.
3. An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").

Verb

To form into an acronym.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈæk.ɹə.nɪm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from German Akronym, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”). Modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940.

Conceptes

acrònim

sigla

Sinònims

abbreviation

initialism

initial

letterword

Traduccions

acronyme

Akronym

acrónimo

acroniem

acronimo

akronim

sigla

acrograma

skrótowiec

acrónimo

letterwoord

acrônimo

sigla

Abkürzung

ακρωνύμιο

Frases

Barco is an acronym that originally stood for Belgian American Radio Corporation .