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Akronym

Akronym

See also: akronym

German

Noun

Akronym n ‎(genitive Akronyms, plural Akronyme)

  1. acronym (word formed by initial letters)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Akronymwörterbuch ‎(“dictionary of acronyms”)
  1. ↑ Gerhard Stilz, Studien zur englischen Philologie, Nummer 21, Niemeyer., 1905

akronym

akronym

See also: Akronym

Czech

Noun

akronym m

  1. acronym (word formed by initial letters)

Declension

Danish

Noun

akronym n (singular definite akronymet, plural indefinite akronymer)

  1. acronym (word formed by initial letters)

Declension

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Swedish

Noun

akronym c

  1. acronym

Declension

Inflection of akronym 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative akronym akronymen akronymer akronymerna
Genitive akronyms akronymens akronymers akronymernas

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Etymology

From akro- ‎(“tip, end, beginning”) +‎ -onym ‎(“name”). First attested in the early 1900s[1]. The term was modelled after Homonym and Synonym, and the parts are ultimately derived from Ancient Greek ἄκρον ‎(ákron, “end, extremity”) and ὄνυμα ‎(ónuma, “name”).

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