"acrophony" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈkɹɒfəni/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: acrophonies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “uppermost, beginning”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). acro- + -phony Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|ἄκρος||uppermost, beginning}} Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “uppermost, beginning”), {{m|grc|φωνή||sound}} φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), {{confix|en|acro|phony}} acro- + -phony Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acrophony (countable and uncountable, plural acrophonies)
  1. The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: acrophonic Related terms: acrostic Translations (naming of letters so their names begin with the letter itself): acrophonie (French), acrofonia [feminine] (Italian), acrofonia [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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