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").
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» Yanni uses a lot of acronyms.
Yanni benutzt eine Menge Akronyme. — Nins
Янни использует много аббревиатур. — Sablin
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3 sensesAn 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
Examples
18 sentencesYanni uses a lot of acronyms.
ruЯнни использует много аббревиатур. — Sablin
deYanni benutzt eine Menge Akronyme. — Nins
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Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: acronymsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word:initialism
Word family
21 related wordsSee also
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