acronym
acronym
englantikirjainsana, akronyymi
Liittyvät sanat: abbreviation
Synonyymisanakirja
acronym
snafu, MPEG, muoto, sanamuoto, merkitsijä, kuvaaja, akronyymi, kirjainsana, lyhenne, lyhennesana, DINK, pimeän aineen rakenneosanen, WIMP.
Englannin sanakirja
acronym (englanti > suomi)
acronym englanniksi
An abbreviation formed by (usually initial) letters taken from a word or series of words, that is itself pronounced as a word, such as RAM, radar, or scuba; sometimes contrasted with initialism.
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A pronounceable word formed from the beginnings (letter or syllable) of other words and thus representing the phrase so formed, e.g. Benelux = the countries Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg considered as a political or economic whole.
Any abbreviation so formed, regardless of pronunciation, such as TNT, BBC, IBM, or XML (see usage notes).
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