syllabic abbreviation

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Noun

syllabic abbreviation (plural syllabic abbreviations)

1. (linguistics) An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually the initial ones, of several words.

Translations

• German: Silbenkurzwort, Silbenwort
• Russian: сложносокращённое слово

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