See acronym on Wiktionary
Download JSON data for acronym meaning in All languages combined (21.7kB)
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymania"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymic"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymise"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymist"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymitis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymization"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymize"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymophilia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymous"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymphomania"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "acronymy"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "anachronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "apronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "backronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "macronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "netcronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "nonacronymous"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "pseudo-acronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "recursive acronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "redundant acronym syndrome"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Akronym"
},
"expansion": "German Akronym",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἄκρον",
"4": "",
"5": "end, peak"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ὄνυμα",
"3": "",
"4": "name"
},
"expansion": "ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "acro",
"3": "onym",
"t1": "high; beginning",
"t2": "name"
},
"expansion": "acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”)",
"name": "confix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Homonym"
},
"expansion": "Homonym",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Synonym"
},
"expansion": "Synonym",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂eḱ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Akronym, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”). Modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "acronyms",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "acronym (plural acronyms)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "all senses"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "36 28 28 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 26 25 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"parents": [
"Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 22 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with acro-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "45 25 19 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -nym",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "46 24 18 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -onym",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1940, L. Feuchtwanger, translated by W. Muir et al., Paris Gazette, iii, xlvii, p. 518",
"text": "Pee-gee-enn. It's an acronym, that's what it is. That's what they call words made up of initials.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.",
"Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as \"TNT\")."
],
"id": "en-acronym-en-noun-i4fBGlIz",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation"
],
[
"initial",
"initial"
],
[
"Generally",
"generally"
],
[
"initialism",
"initialism"
],
[
"TNT",
"TNT"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.",
"Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as \"TNT\")."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 22 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with acro-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014 September 23, “Choosing a Primary School: A Teacher's Guide for Parents”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.",
"Exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as \"laser\")."
],
"id": "en-acronym-en-noun-9h3TQIGI",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation"
],
[
"initial",
"initial"
],
[
"Exclusively",
"exclusively"
],
[
"laser",
"laser"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.",
"Exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as \"laser\")."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "27 27 22 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with acro-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1950, Simeon Potter, Our Language, page 163",
"text": "Acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from National Biscuit Company.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as \"Benelux\")."
],
"id": "en-acronym-en-noun-lAG73q2A",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation"
],
[
"beginning",
"beginning"
],
[
"Benelux",
"Benelux"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as \"Benelux\")."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæk.ɹə.nɪm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ækɹənɪm"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-acronym.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-uk-acronym.ogg/En-uk-acronym.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-uk-acronym.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"initialism"
],
"word": "broader sense"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḵtiṣār",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِخْتِصَار"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "addokkhora",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "আদ্যক্ষরা"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "akronim",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "акроним"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "首字母縮略詞"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǒuzìmǔ suōlüècí",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "首字母缩略词"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronüüm"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "kirjainlyhenne"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sigle"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arktikólexo",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αρκτικόλεξο"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "upphafsstafaheiti"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrainm"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "sigla"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "kupu rāpoto"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akronim"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrót"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrótowiec"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "sigla"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acranaim"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geàrr-ainm"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrònimu"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "sigla"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronim"
},
{
"_dis1": "36 36 28",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rát-sà-pót",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "รัสพจน์"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḵtiṣār",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِخْتِصَار"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "akronim",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "акроним"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrònim"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "縮寫"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suōxiě",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "缩写"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "縮略詞"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suōlüècí",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "缩略词"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "略語"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lüèyǔ",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "略语"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "acroniem"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "letterwoord"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "kirjainsana"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronyymi"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acronyme"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrónimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Akronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akrónymo",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ακρώνυμο"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akronýmio",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ακρωνύμιο"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rashéi teivót",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ראשי תיבות"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"word": "mozaikszó"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"raw_tags": [
"as a subtype"
],
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"initialism"
],
"word": "betűszó"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "hu",
"english": "blend word as a subtype",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "szóösszevonás"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "acronymo"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "initiales"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrainm"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acronimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"alt": "とうじご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōjigo",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "頭字語"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akuronimu",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "アクロニム"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"alt": "りゃくご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ryakugo",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "略語"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yageo",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "약어"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "kupu rāpoto"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "pūtaukī"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acronim"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "akronim"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrót"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrótowiec"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrograma"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrônimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "European Portuguese",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrónimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "acronim"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "akrónim",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "акро́ним"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščénije",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сокраще́ние"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acranaim"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geàrr-ainm"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "акроним"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "akronim"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrònimu"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kratica"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrónimo"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"_dis1": "39 39 22",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronim"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"acronym"
],
"word": "acronym"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Akronym"
},
"expansion": "German Akronym",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἄκρον",
"4": "",
"5": "end, peak"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ὄνυμα",
"3": "",
"4": "name"
},
"expansion": "ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "acro",
"3": "onym",
"t1": "high; beginning",
"t2": "name"
},
"expansion": "acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”)",
"name": "confix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Homonym"
},
"expansion": "Homonym",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Synonym"
},
"expansion": "Synonym",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂eḱ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Akronym, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”). Modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "acronyms",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "acronyming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymmed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymmed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"past2": "acronymmed",
"pres_ptc2": "acronymming"
},
"expansion": "acronym (third-person singular simple present acronyms, present participle acronyming or acronymming, simple past and past participle acronymed or acronymmed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "27 27 22 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with acro-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To form into an acronym."
],
"id": "en-acronym-en-verb-ZgPuLDyg",
"links": [
[
"acronym",
"#Noun"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "English acronyms"
},
{
"word": "Acronyms by language"
},
{
"word": "mnemonic"
},
{
"word": "acrostic"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæk.ɹə.nɪm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ækɹənɪm"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-acronym.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-uk-acronym.ogg/En-uk-acronym.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-uk-acronym.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"acronym"
],
"word": "acronym"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from German",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from German",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-",
"English terms prefixed with acro-",
"English terms suffixed with -nym",
"English terms suffixed with -onym",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ækɹənɪm",
"Rhymes:English/ækɹənɪm/3 syllables"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "acronymania"
},
{
"word": "acronymic"
},
{
"word": "acronymise"
},
{
"word": "acronymist"
},
{
"word": "acronymitis"
},
{
"word": "acronymization"
},
{
"word": "acronymize"
},
{
"word": "acronymophilia"
},
{
"word": "acronymous"
},
{
"word": "acronymphomania"
},
{
"word": "acronymy"
},
{
"word": "anachronym"
},
{
"word": "apronym"
},
{
"word": "backronym"
},
{
"word": "macronym"
},
{
"word": "netcronym"
},
{
"word": "nonacronymous"
},
{
"word": "pseudo-acronym"
},
{
"word": "recursive acronym"
},
{
"word": "redundant acronym syndrome"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Akronym"
},
"expansion": "German Akronym",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἄκρον",
"4": "",
"5": "end, peak"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ὄνυμα",
"3": "",
"4": "name"
},
"expansion": "ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "acro",
"3": "onym",
"t1": "high; beginning",
"t2": "name"
},
"expansion": "acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”)",
"name": "confix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Homonym"
},
"expansion": "Homonym",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Synonym"
},
"expansion": "Synonym",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂eḱ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Akronym, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”). Modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "acronyms",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "acronym (plural acronyms)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hypernyms": [
{
"tags": [
"abbreviation"
],
"word": "all senses"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Linguistics"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1940, L. Feuchtwanger, translated by W. Muir et al., Paris Gazette, iii, xlvii, p. 518",
"text": "Pee-gee-enn. It's an acronym, that's what it is. That's what they call words made up of initials.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.",
"Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as \"TNT\")."
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation"
],
[
"initial",
"initial"
],
[
"Generally",
"generally"
],
[
"initialism",
"initialism"
],
[
"TNT",
"TNT"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.",
"Generally such abbreviations, including those pronounced as individual letters (initialisms such as \"TNT\")."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Linguistics"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2014 September 23, “Choosing a Primary School: A Teacher's Guide for Parents”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.",
"Exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as \"laser\")."
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation"
],
[
"initial",
"initial"
],
[
"Exclusively",
"exclusively"
],
[
"laser",
"laser"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words.",
"Exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as \"laser\")."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Linguistics"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1950, Simeon Potter, Our Language, page 163",
"text": "Acronyms or telescoped names like nabisco from National Biscuit Company.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as \"Benelux\")."
],
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"abbreviation",
"abbreviation"
],
[
"beginning",
"beginning"
],
[
"Benelux",
"Benelux"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as \"Benelux\")."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæk.ɹə.nɪm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ækɹənɪm"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-acronym.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-uk-acronym.ogg/En-uk-acronym.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-uk-acronym.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"initialism"
],
"word": "broader sense"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḵtiṣār",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِخْتِصَار"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "addokkhora",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "আদ্যক্ষরা"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "akronim",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "акроним"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "首字母縮略詞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǒuzìmǔ suōlüècí",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "首字母缩略词"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronimo"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronüüm"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "kirjainlyhenne"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sigle"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "arktikólexo",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "αρκτικόλεξο"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "upphafsstafaheiti"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrainm"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "sigla"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "kupu rāpoto"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akronim"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrót"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrótowiec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "sigla"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acranaim"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geàrr-ainm"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrònimu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "sigla"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronim"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "rát-sà-pót",
"sense": "any abbreviation formed by initial letters",
"word": "รัสพจน์"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḵtiṣār",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِخْتِصَار"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "akronim",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "акроним"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrònim"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "縮寫"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suōxiě",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "缩写"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "縮略詞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "suōlüècí",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "缩略词"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "略語"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "lüèyǔ",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "略语"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "acroniem"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "letterwoord"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronimo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "kirjainsana"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronyymi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acronyme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrónimo"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Akronym"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akrónymo",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ακρώνυμο"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akronýmio",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ακρωνύμιο"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rashéi teivót",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ראשי תיבות"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"usually"
],
"word": "mozaikszó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"raw_tags": [
"as a subtype"
],
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"initialism"
],
"word": "betűszó"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"english": "blend word as a subtype",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "szóösszevonás"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "acronymo"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "initiales"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrainm"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acronimo"
},
{
"alt": "とうじご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōjigo",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "頭字語"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akuronimu",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "アクロニム"
},
{
"alt": "りゃくご",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ryakugo",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "略語"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yageo",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "약어"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "kupu rāpoto"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "pūtaukī"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acronim"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "akronim"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrót"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"inanimate",
"masculine"
],
"word": "skrótowiec"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrograma"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Brazilian Portuguese",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrônimo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "European Portuguese",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrónimo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "acronim"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "akrónim",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "акро́ним"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sokraščénije",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "сокраще́ние"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acranaim"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "geàrr-ainm"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "акроним"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "akronim"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrònimu"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kratica"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acrónimo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "akronym"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word formed by initial letters",
"word": "akronim"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"acronym"
],
"word": "acronym"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from German",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from German",
"English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eḱ-",
"English terms prefixed with acro-",
"English terms suffixed with -nym",
"English terms suffixed with -onym",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ækɹənɪm",
"Rhymes:English/ækɹənɪm/3 syllables"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "de",
"3": "Akronym"
},
"expansion": "German Akronym",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "ἄκρον",
"4": "",
"5": "end, peak"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "ὄνυμα",
"3": "",
"4": "name"
},
"expansion": "ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "acro",
"3": "onym",
"t1": "high; beginning",
"t2": "name"
},
"expansion": "acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”)",
"name": "confix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Homonym"
},
"expansion": "Homonym",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Synonym"
},
"expansion": "Synonym",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*h₂eḱ-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Akronym, from Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “end, peak”) and ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to acro- (“high; beginning”) + -onym (“name”). Modelled after Homonym and Synonym, first attested in German in the early 1900s and in English in 1940.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "acronyms",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "acronyming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymming",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymmed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "acronymmed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"past2": "acronymmed",
"pres_ptc2": "acronymming"
},
"expansion": "acronym (third-person singular simple present acronyms, present participle acronyming or acronymming, simple past and past participle acronymed or acronymmed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "English acronyms"
},
{
"word": "Acronyms by language"
},
{
"word": "mnemonic"
},
{
"word": "acrostic"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To form into an acronym."
],
"links": [
[
"acronym",
"#Noun"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈæk.ɹə.nɪm/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ækɹənɪm"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-acronym.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/5f/En-uk-acronym.ogg/En-uk-acronym.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-uk-acronym.ogg",
"tags": [
"UK"
],
"text": "Audio (UK)"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"acronym"
],
"word": "acronym"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.