"acrophone" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: acrophones [plural]
Etymology: From acro- + -phone. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|acro|phone}} acro- + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} acrophone (plural acrophones)
  1. (linguistics, archaeology) The first sound of a word, or a glyph used to represent the first sound of the word it represents Categories (topical): Archaeology, Linguistics Derived forms: acrophony

Inflected forms

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