initialism

English

Etymology

initial +‎ -ism

Noun

initialism (plural initialisms)

(linguistics) A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

Translations

term pronounced letter by letter

Chinese:
Mandarin: 首字母縮略詞, 首字母缩略词 (shǒuzìmǔ suōlüècí)
Danish: initialord, initialforkortelse
Finnish: kirjainlyhenne, initialismi
French: sigle (fr) m
German: related: Initialwort (de) n, Akronym (de) n, Buchstabenwort (de)

Greek: αρκτικόλεξο (el) n (arktikólexo), ακρωνύμιο (el) n (akronýmio)
Hungarian: betűszó (hu)
Italian: sigla (it) f, abbreviatura f, acronimo (it) m
Norwegian: initialord (no) n
Portuguese: sigla (pt) f
Russian: инициальная аббревиатура (inicialʹnaja abbreviatura)
Spanish: sigla (es)

See also

abbreviation
acronym
TLA
Category:English shortenings
abecedism

Further reading

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