Dictionary

acrophony en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈkɹɒfəni/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “uppermost, beginning”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). From acro- + -phony.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.

Forms

Deriveds

acrophonic

Relateds

acrostic

Translations (4)

fr acrophonie (naming of letters so their names begin with the letter itself) · el ακροφωνία (naming of letters so their names begin with the letter itself) · pt acrofonia (naming of letters so their names begin with the letter itself) · it acrofonia (naming of letters so their names begin with the letter itself)