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(linguistics) A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.

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initialism

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Source Word

initialism

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪˈnɪʃəlɪzəm/

Noun

Japanese Meaning

頭文字語：複数の単語や語句の最初の文字を取り、その文字を個別に発音して表す略語。

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Many linguists describe 'FBI' as an initialism because its letters are pronounced individually rather than as a single word.

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多くの言語学者は「FBI」を、各語の頭文字を並べて作られ、一文字ずつ発音される語だと説明します。単語のように一まとまりで発音されるものとは区別されます。

Sense（1）

BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.

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(linguistics) The process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words.

The next most frequent source language was English, with neologistic compounds accounting for 15 etymologies, with 9 other English-based terms from a variety of word formation processes such as initialism and semantic extension.

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initialisms

（ plural ）

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