"syllabic abbreviation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: syllabic abbreviations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} syllabic abbreviation (plural syllabic abbreviations)
  1. (linguistics) An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually the initial ones, of several words. Categories (topical): Linguistics Hypernyms: abbreviation Related terms: portmanteau [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], blend [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Translations (Translations): Silbenkurzwort [neuter] (German), Silbenwort [neuter] (German), сложносокращённое слово (složnosokraščónnoje slovo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-syllabic_abbreviation-en-noun-R~6QzLmJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Russian terms with redundant script codes Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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