English
Etymology
suffix|initial|ism
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun
- A term formed from the initial letter or 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
German Initialismus m
See also
acronym
:Category:Initialisms
orphan initialism
TLA
http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/asye.htm
w:Initialism|Wikipedia article on Initialism
Category:English nouns ending in -ism
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