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the gaelic acronym for telebhisean television is tbh pronounced tv as in english see also edit acrostic text formed from parts of another text amalgamation names name formed by combining several previously existing names initialized sign handshape sign for finger spelling in the sign language one letter word word composed of a single letter syllabic abbreviation shortened form of a word or phrase pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets explanatory notes edit quotations from dictionary entries and usage notes are provided in the references for readers who need the exact wording this change was also applied to other languages with poulet frit kentucky becoming pfk in french canada references edit mcmahon mary december 30 2023 what is the difference between an acronym alphabetism and initialism languagehumanities org retrieved february 9 2024 proofed april 3 2022 acronyms vs initialisms what s the difference proofed proofed com retrieved january 24 2024 brinton laurel j brinton donna m 2010 the linguistic structure of modern english amsterdam john benjamins publishing company p 110 isbn 978 90 272 8824 0 retrieved april 3 2022 acronym merriam webster com dictionary merriam webster oclc 1032680871 retrieved january 22 2020 archived copy archived from the original on july 20 2026 retrieved june 8 2020 cite web cs1 maint archived copy as title link cs1 maint bot original url status unknown link some people feel strongly that acronym should only be used for terms like nato which is pronounced as a single word and that initialism should be used if the individual letters are all pronounced distinctly as with fbi our research shows that acronym is commonly used to refer to both types of abbreviations zimmer ben carson charles e solomon jane 2016 seventy five years among the new words american speech 91 4 472 512 doi 10 1215 00031283 3870163 acronym oxford english dictionary third edition oxford university press retrieved september 5 2025 acronym merriam webster dictionary retrieved september 5 2025 akronym brockhaus handbuch des wissens in vier bänden in german vol 1 leipzig f a brockhaus ag 1921 p 37 retrieved february 22 2020 via google books agfa aktien gesellschaft für anilinfabrikation feuchtwanger lion 1940 chapter 47 beasts of prey paris gazette in german translated by muir willa muir edwin new york viking press pp 665 66 isbn 1 135 37010 9 his first glance at the paris german news told wiesener that this new paper was nothing like the old p g they can call it the p g n if they like he thought but that s the only difference pee gee enn what s the word for words like that made out of initials my memory is beginning to fail me just the other day there was a technical expression i couldn t remember i must be growing old p g or p g n it s six of one and half a dozen of the other pee gee enn it s an acronym that s what it is that s what they call words made up of initials so i remember it after all that s at least something cite book isbn date incompatibility help acronym the merriam webster com dictionary merriam webster inc january 22 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 cite web cs1 maint deprecated archival service link acronym noun ac ro nym ˈa krə ˌnim definition of acronym a word such as nato radar or laser formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term also an abbreviation such as fbi formed from initial letters initialism acronym dictionary com january 22 2020 archived from the original on january 9 2026 retrieved january 22 2020 2 a set of initials representing a name organization or the like with each letter pronounced separately an initialism 1 2 3 acronym the american heritage dictionary of the english language fifth ed houghton mifflin harcourt november 2011 archived from the original on january 8 2026 retrieved january 22 2020 ac ro nym ăk rə nĭm n 1 a word formed by combining the initial letters of a multipart name such as nato from n orth a tlantic t reaty o rganization or by combining the initial letters or parts of a series of words such as radar from ra dio d etecting a nd r anging 2 usage problem an initialism acr o onym ac ro nym ic a cron y mous ə krŏn ə məs adj usage note in strict usage the term acronym refers to a word made from the initial letters or parts of other words such as sonar from so und na vigation and r anging the distinguishing feature of an acronym is that it is pronounced as if it were a single word in the manner of nato and nasa acronyms are often distinguished from initialisms like fbi and nih whose individual letters are pronounced as separate syllables while observing this distinction has some virtue in precision it may be lost on many people for whom the term acronym refers to both kinds of abbreviations 1 2 3 acronym n oxford english dictionary third ed oxford university press december 2011 archived from the original on may 14 2023 retrieved january 22 2020 acronym n pronunciation british ˈakrənɪm american ˈækrəˌnɪm origin formed within english by compounding modelled on a german lexical item etymons acro comb form onym comb form etymology acro comb form onym comb form after german akronym 1921 or earlier originally us 1 a group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression each letter or part being pronounced separately an initialism such as atm tls in the oxford english dictionary o e d the term initialism is used for this phenomenon see sense 2 for o e d use of the word 1940 w muir e muir tr l feuchtwanger paris gaz iii xlvii 518 pee gee enn it s an acronym ger akronym that s what it is that s what they call words made up of initials 1947 t m pearce in word study may 8 2 the acronym ddt trips pleasantly on the tongue and is already a household byword 1959 rotarian may 43 1 ddd an acronym that sounds more like a cattle brand 1975 jet 24 july 9 1 the puns on the acronym cia were spawned by recent disclosures about the intelligence agency 1985 c jencks mod movements in archit ed 2 i 75 called by the acronym scsd schools construction system development 2008 atlantic monthly june 104 2 the acronym tss tout sauf sarkozy anything but sarkozy 2 a word formed from the initial letters of other words or occasionally from the initial parts of syllables taken from other words the whole being pronounced as a single word such as nato rada 1943 amer notes queries february 167 1 words made up of the initial letters or syllables of other words i have seen called by the name acronym 1947 word study 6 title acronym talk or tomorrow s english 1950 s potter our lang 163 acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from national biscuit company 1959 times 1 september 22 3 new words which are constructed out of initial letters are called i understand acronyms 1961 electronics 21 april 51 2 colidar an acronym from coherent light detecting and ranging 1976 p r hutt in iba techn rev ix 4 2 the author hit on the idea of the name oracle and it was not long before it was made into an acronym for optional reception of announcements by coded line electronics 2009 n y times national ed april 16 a 2 2 turning tea into an acronym for taxed enough already demonstrators were expected to attend more than 750 rallies to protest government spending acronym macquarie dictionary macmillan publishers australia archived from the original on may 12 2023 retrieved january 22 2020 acronym ˈækrənɪm say akruhnim noun 1 a word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words as radar from radio detection and ranging or anzac from australian and new zealand army corps compare initialism 2 an initialism acro o nym modelled on synonym acronym collins cobuild advanced english dictionary harpercollins publishers archived from the original on february 8 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 an acronym is a word composed of the first letters of the words in a phrase especially when this is used as a name an example of an acronym is nato which is made up of the first letters of the north atlantic treaty organization acronym cambridge advanced learner s dictionary thesaurus cambridge university press archived from the original on february 8 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 an abbreviation consisting of the first letters of each word in the name of something pronounced as a word acronym macmillan dictionary macmillan education limited archived from the original on april 5 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 an abbreviation consisting of letters that form a word for example nato is an acronym for the north atlantic treaty organization acronym longman dictionary of contemporary english pearson longman archived from the original on april 5 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 a word made up from the first letters of the name of something such as an organization for example nato is an acronym for the north atlantic treaty organization new oxford american dictionary 3rd ed oxford oxford university press 2010 p 15 isbn 978 0 19 539288 3 oclc 614990378 ac ro nym ˈakrəˌnim n an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word e g ascii nasa origin 1940s from greek akron end tip onoma name on the pattern of homonym acronym webster s new world college dictionary fifth edition houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company 2014 archived from the original on april 5 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 a word formed from the first or first few letters of a series of words as radar from ra dio d etecting a nd r anging acronym lexico oxford university press archived from the original on december 22 2019 retrieved january 22 2020 an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word e g ascii nasa fowler henry watson june 1 2015 jeremy butterfield ed fowler s dictionary of modern english usage 4th ed oxford university press p 16 isbn 978 0 19 966135 0 10 2 acronyms initialisms contractions the chicago manual of style 16th ed university of chicago press 2010 isbn 978 0 226 10420 1 bryson bill september 17 2002 bryson s dictionary of troublesome words crown p 9 isbn 978 0 7679 1047 7 retrieved march 11 2020 garner bryan july 28 2009 garner s modern american usage oxford university press p 2 isbn 978 0 19 987462 0 siegal allan m connoly william g 2015 the new york times manual of style and usage the official style guide used by the writers and editors of the world s most authoritative news organization 5th ed three rivers press p 5 isbn 978 1 101 90544 9 1 2 merriam webster inc merriam webster s dictionary of english usage 1994 isbn 0 87779 132 5 pp 21 22 acronyms a number of commentators as copperud 1970 janis 1984 howard 1984 believe that acronyms can be differentiated from other abbreviations in being pronounceable as words dictionaries however do not make this distinction because writers in general do not the powder metallurgy industry has officially adopted the acronym p m parts precision metal molding january 1966 users of the term acronym make no distinction between those pronounced as words and those pronounced as a series of characters jean praninskas trade name creation 1968 it is not j c b s fault that its name let alone its acronym is not a household word among european scholars times literary supp february 5 1970 the confusion in the pentagon about abbreviations and acronyms words formed from the first letters of other words bernard weinraub n y times december 11 1978 pyles algeo 1970 divide acronyms into initialisms which consists of initial letters pronounced with the letter names and word acronyms which are pronounced as words initialism an older word than acronym seems to be too little known to the general public to serve as the customary term standing in contrast with acronym in a narrow sense favilla emmy december 27 2019 buzzfeed style guide buzzfeed com archived from the original on april 5 2020 retrieved january 22 2020 merriam webster s collegiate dictionary 10th ed springfield massachusetts merriam webster 1993 p 11 isbn 0 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