initialism
A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is…A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
Meaning
2 sensesA term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
The term BBC is an initialism for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Initialwort, Akronym, Buchstabenwort
инициа́льная аббревиату́раiniciálʹnaja abbreviatúra
a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
The process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words.
an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately
Translations
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Forms
plural: initialisms| Singular | initialism |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word:acronym