Definition of acronym

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acronym

noun

An abbreviation formed by (usually initial) letters taken from a word or series of words, and which is itself pronounced as a word, such as RAM, radar, or scuba; sometimes contrasted with initialism.
Any abbreviation so formed, regardless of pronunciation, such as TNT, IBM, or XML.

Translations:

Dutch: letterwoord_{(nl, acroniem, n}}, t-, nl)}n
French: acronyme^(fr)m
German: Akronym_(de)n
Italian: acronimo^(it)m
Spanish: acrónimo^(es)m

Etymology: From acro- "sharp, high" + -onym "name", modelled after homonym and synonym. From Ancient Greek (polytonic, á) (akros) "extremity" and (polytonic, á) "name".

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