initialism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɪˈnɪʃəlɪzəm/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Italic *ejō Proto-Italic *eō Proto-Italic *eneō Latin ineō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin initium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin initiālislbor. Middle French initialbor. ▲ Latin initiālislbor. English initial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English initialism From initial + -ism.
Meanings
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A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
The term BBC is an initialism for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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The process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words.
The next most frequent source language was English, with neologistic compounds accounting for 15 etymologies, with 9 other English-based terms from a variety of word formation processes such as initialism and semantic extension.
2015, James Lambert, “Lexicography as a teaching tool: A Hong Kong case study”, in Lan Li, Jamie McKeown, Liming Liu, editors, Dictionaries and corpora: Innovations in reference science. Proceedings of ASIALEX 2015 Hong Kong, Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, page 146:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| initialisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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abbreviation[Appendix:Glossary · word · acronym[Appendix:Glossary
Relateds
abecedism · acronym · abbreviation · TLA
Synonyms
Translations (25)
de Akronym (term pronounced letter by letter) · de Buchstabenwort (term pronounced letter by letter) · cmn 首字母縮略詞 /首字母缩略词 (term pronounced letter by letter) · da initialforkortelse (term pronounced letter by letter) · nn initialord (term pronounced letter by letter) · fr siglaison (forming words using initial letters) · ru инициа́льная аббревиату́ра (term pronounced letter by letter) · fr sigle (term pronounced letter by letter) · ca sigla (term pronounced letter by letter) · pt siglação (forming words using initial letters) · es sigla (term pronounced letter by letter) · nl initiaalwoord (term pronounced letter by letter) · da initialord (term pronounced letter by letter) · fi kirjainlyhenne (term pronounced letter by letter) · pl literowiec (term pronounced letter by letter) · nb initialord (term pronounced letter by letter) · hu betűszó (term pronounced letter by letter) · it sigla (term pronounced letter by letter) · el αρκτικόλεξο (term pronounced letter by letter) · it acronimo (term pronounced letter by letter) · it abbreviatura (term pronounced letter by letter) · pt sigla (term pronounced letter by letter) · de Initialwort (term pronounced letter by letter) · pl skrótowiec literowy (term pronounced letter by letter) · fi initialismi (term pronounced letter by letter)