acronym
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
Etymology: 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.
Affixes: acro-
-onym
Inflected forms:
form: acronyms
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: acronyms
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: acronyming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: acronymming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
rare
form: acronymed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: acronymed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: acronymmed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
rare
form: acronymmed
pos: verb
tags: past
rare
Senses:
gloss: An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.
pos: noun
examples: Pee-gee-enn. It's an acronym, that's what it is. That's what they call words made up of initials.
gloss: An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.
pos: noun
examples: Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.
Traders have reportedly come up with the acronym TACO, which stands for “Trump always chickens out,” to take advantage of the trade environment created by the president’s habit of threatening to impose tariffs on countries, and then backing off at the last moment.
gloss: An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
pos: noun
examples: Acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from National Biscuit Company.
gloss: To form into an acronym.
pos: verb
Related words: acronymisation
acronymization
anacronymic
nonacronymous
non-acronymous
Derived words: acronymania
acronymic
acronymise
acronymist
acronymitis
acronymize
acronymophilia
acronymous
acronymphomania
acronymy
anachronym
anacronym
apronym
backronym
bacronym
macronym
nested acronym
netcronym
orphan acronym
pseudoacronym
pseudo-acronym
recursive acronym
redundant acronym syndrome
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Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: اِخْتِصَار
roman: iḵtiṣār
lang: Bengali
word: আদ্যক্ষরা
roman: addokkhora
lang: Bulgarian
word: акроним
roman: akronim
lang: Catalan
word: sigla
lang: Catalan
word: acrònim
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 首字母縮略詞 /首字母缩略词
roman: shǒuzìmǔ suōlüècí
lang: Danish
word: akronym
lang: Esperanto
word: akronimo
lang: Estonian
word: akronüüm
lang: Finnish
word: kirjainlyhenne
lang: French
word: sigle
lang: Greek
word: αρκτικόλεξο
roman: arktikólexo
lang: Icelandic
word: upphafsstafaheiti
lang: Irish
word: acrainm
lang: Italian
word: sigla
lang: Kashmiri
word: ژھۆٹرَن
roman: ċhoṭran
lang: Korean
word: 두문자어
roman: dumunja'eo
lang: Māori
word: kupu rāpoto
lang: Eastern Mari
word: аббревиатур
roman: abbreviatur
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: akronym
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: akronym
lang: Polish
word: akronim
lang: Polish
word: skrót
lang: Polish
word: skrótowiec
lang: Portuguese
word: sigla
lang: Portuguese
word: acrônimo
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: acranaim
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: geàrr-ainm
lang: Sicilian
word: acrònimu
lang: Spanish
word: sigla
lang: Swahili
word: akronimu
lang: Tagalog
word: akronim
lang: Thai
word: รัสพจน์
roman: rát-sà-pót
lang: Arabic
word: اِخْتِصَار
roman: iḵtiṣār
lang: Bulgarian
word: акроним
roman: akronim
lang: Catalan
word: acrònim
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 縮寫 /缩写
roman: suōxiě
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 縮略詞 /缩略词
roman: suōlüècí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 略語 /略语
roman: lüèyǔ
lang: Czech
word: akronym
lang: Danish
word: akronym
lang: Dutch
word: acroniem
lang: Dutch
word: letterwoord
lang: Esperanto
word: akronimo
lang: Finnish
word: kirjainsana
lang: Finnish
word: akronyymi
lang: French
word: acronyme
lang: Galician
word: acrónimo
lang: German
word: Akronym
lang: Greek
word: ακρώνυμο
roman: akrónymo
lang: Greek
word: ακρωνύμιο
roman: akronýmio
lang: Hebrew
word: ראשי תיבות
roman: rashéi teivót
lang: Hungarian
word: mozaikszó
lang: Hungarian
word: betűszó
lang: Hungarian
word: szóösszevonás
lang: Interlingua
word: acronymo
lang: Interlingua
word: initiales
lang: Irish
word: acrainm
lang: Italian
word: acronimo
lang: Japanese
word: 頭字語
roman: tōjigo
lang: Japanese
word: アクロニム
roman: akuronimu
lang: Japanese
word: 略語
roman: ryakugo
lang: Korean
word: 약어
roman: yageo
lang: Korean
word: 두문자어
roman: dumunja'eo
lang: Māori
word: kupu rāpoto
lang: Māori
word: pūtaukī
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: akronym
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: akronym
lang: Occitan
word: acronim
lang: Polish
word: akronim
lang: Polish
word: skrót
lang: Polish
word: skrótowiec
lang: Portuguese
word: acrograma
lang: Brazilian Portuguese
word: acrônimo
lang: European Portuguese
word: acrónimo
lang: Romanian
word: acronim
lang: Russian
word: акро́ним
roman: akrónim
lang: Russian
word: сокраще́ние
roman: sokraščénije
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: acranaim
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: geàrr-ainm
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: акроним
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: akronim
lang: Sicilian
word: acrònimu
lang: Slovene
word: kratica
lang: Spanish
word: acrónimo
lang: Spanish
word: sigla
lang: Swedish
word: akronym
lang: Turkish
word: akronim
lang: Ukrainian
word: акро́нім
roman: akrónim