acronym
An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other wordsAn abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.: Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
» Yanni uses a lot of acronyms.
Yanni benutzt eine Menge Akronyme.
Янни использует много аббревиатур.
Значение
значений: 3An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.
Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
Akronym
акро́нимakrónim, сокраще́ниеsokraščénije
акро́німakrónim
Exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser" or "NATO").
An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words; this sense includes syllabic abbreviations such as Benelux and satnav.
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
Примеры
предложений: 18Yanni uses a lot of acronyms.
Янни использует много аббревиатур.
deYanni benutzt eine Menge Akronyme.
Do you know the meaning of these acronyms?
A backronym is an acronym that's specially constructed to fit an existing word.
The word immediately before your name should be an acronym of your title.
FANBOYS is an acronym for the most common coordinating conjunctions in the English language.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
Borrowed from German Akronym (from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end; peak”) + ὄνυμα (ónumaBorrowed from German Akronym (from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end; peak”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”)), modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940. By surface analysis, acro- (prefix meaning ‘beginning; high’) + -onym (suffix meaning ‘name’)
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Формы
мн. число: acronymsСинонимы
синонимов: 1- a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word:initialism