Acronym (English Wikipedia)

"Acronym". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Fifth ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. November 2011. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
ac·ro·nym (ăk′rə-nĭm′)
n.
1. A word formed by combining the initial letters of a multipart name, such as NATO from North Atlantic Treaty Organization or by combining the initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar from radio detecting and ranging.
2. Usage Problem An initialism.
[acr(o)- + -onym.]
ac′ro·nym′ic, a·cron′y·mous (ə-krŏn′ə-məs) adj.
Usage Note: In strict usage, the term acronym refers to a word made from the initial letters or parts of other words, such as sonar from so(und) na(vigation and) r(anging). The distinguishing feature of an acronym is that it is pronounced as if it were a single word, in the manner of NATO and NASA. Acronyms are often distinguished from initialisms like FBI and NIH, whose individual letters are pronounced as separate syllables. While observing this distinction has some virtue in precision, it may be lost on many people, for whom the term acronym refers to both kinds of abbreviations.

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New Oxford American dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2010. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-19-539288-3. OCLC 614990378.
ac·ro·nym /ˈakrəˌnim/ ▸ n. an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA).
—origin 1940s: from Greek akron 'end, tip' + onoma 'name,' on the pattern of homonym.
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (11th ed.). Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster. 2003. p. 12. ISBN 0-87779-809-5. OCLC 51764057 – via Internet Archive. ac·ro·nym ˈa-krə-ˌnim n [acr- + -onym] (1943) : a word (such as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term; also : an abbreviation (such as FBI) formed from initial letters : initialism— ac·ro·nym·ic ˌa-krə-ˈni-mik adj — ac·ro·nym·i·c·al·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adv
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"acronym, n." Oxford English Dictionary (Third ed.). Oxford University Press. December 2011. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
acronym, n.

Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈakrənɪm/, U.S. /ˈækrəˌnɪm/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item.
Etymons: acro- comb. form, -onym comb. form.
Etymology: < acro- comb. form + -onym comb. form, after German Akronym (1921 or earlier).
Originally U.S.
1. A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS).
In the O.E.D. the term initialism is used for this phenomenon. (See sense 2 for O.E.D. use of the word.)
- 1940 W. Muir & E. Muir tr. L. Feuchtwanger Paris Gaz. iii.
- "Acronym". The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Inc. January 22, 2020. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020. Some people feel strongly that acronym should only be used for terms like NATO, which is pronounced as a single word, and that initialism should be used if the individual letters are all pronounced distinctly, as with FBI. Our research shows that acronym is commonly used to refer to both types of abbreviations.
- "Acronym". The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Inc. January 22, 2020. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  acronym noun
  ac·ro·nym | \ˈa-krə-ˌnim\
  Definition of acronym
  : a word (such as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term
  also : an abbreviation (such as FBI) formed from initial letters : initialism
- "Acronym". Dictionary.com. January 22, 2020. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020. 2. a set of initials representing a name, organization, or the like, with each letter pronounced separately; an initialism.
- "Acronym". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (Fifth ed.). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. November 2011. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  ac·ro·nym (ăk′rə-nĭm′)
  n.
  1. A word formed by combining the initial letters of a multipart name, such as NATO from North Atlantic Treaty Organization or by combining the initial letters or parts of a series of words, such as radar from radio detecting and ranging.
  2. Usage Problem An initialism.
  [acr(o)- + -onym.]
  ac′ro·nym′ic, a·cron′y·mous (ə-krŏn′ə-məs) adj.
  Usage Note: In strict usage, the term acronym refers to a word made from the initial letters or parts of other words, such as sonar from so(und) na(vigation and) r(anging). The distinguishing feature of an acronym is that it is pronounced as if it were a single word, in the manner of NATO and NASA. Acronyms are often distinguished from initialisms like FBI and NIH, whose individual letters are pronounced as separate syllables. While observing this distinction has some virtue in precision, it may be lost on many people, for whom the term acronym refers to both kinds of abbreviations.
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  acronym
  /ˈækrənɪm/ ('say' 'akruhnim)
  noun 1. a word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words, as radar (from radio detection and ranging) or ANZAC (from Australian and New Zealand Army Corps). Compare initialism.
  2. an initialism.
  [acro- + -(o)nym; modelled on synonym]
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- "Acronym". The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Inc. January 22, 2020. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  acronym noun
  ac·ro·nym | \ˈa-krə-ˌnim\
  Definition of acronym
  : a word (such as NATO, radar, or laser) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term
  also : an abbreviation (such as FBI) formed from initial letters : initialism
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  acronym
  /ˈækrənɪm/ ('say' 'akruhnim)
  noun 1. a word formed from the initial letters of a sequence of words, as radar (from radio detection and ranging) or ANZAC (from Australian and New Zealand Army Corps). Compare initialism.
  2. an initialism.
  [acro- + -(o)nym; modelled on synonym]
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  acronym, n.
  
  Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈakrənɪm/, U.S. /ˈækrəˌnɪm/
  Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item.
  Etymons: acro- comb. form, -onym comb. form.
  Etymology: < acro- comb. form + -onym comb. form, after German Akronym (1921 or earlier).
  Originally U.S.
  1. A group of initial letters used as an abbreviation for a name or expression, each letter or part being pronounced separately; an initialism (such as ATM, TLS).
  In the O.E.D. the term initialism is used for this phenomenon. (See sense 2 for O.E.D. use of the word.)
  
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