initialism

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Noun

initialism (plural initialisms)

1. (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.

2. (linguistics) The process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words.

Translations

• French: sigle
• German: related: Initialwort, Akronym, Buchstabenwort
• Italian: sigla, abbreviatura, acronimo
• Portuguese: sigla
• Russian: инициальный
• Spanish: sigla

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