World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariessigla
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈsiɡlɐ
"A sigla é formada pelas letras iniciais das palavras."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A phonological or grammatical rule concerning the restriction of specific sounds at the beginning of words.
"In Korean linguistics, the dueum-beopchik is a prominent initialism rule that alters initial consonants." - 2
An abbreviation consisting of initial letters pronounced separately as individual letters.
"NASA is a well-known initialism rather than an acronym."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'initialis' meaning 'of the beginning' (from 'initium' meaning 'entrance' or 'beginning'), combined with the English suffix '-ism'. It entered modern linguistic terminology in the 20th century to describe specific morphological and phonological processes or abbreviations.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Initialism" is said worldwide
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siglaison
Transliteration: si-ɡlɛ-zɔ̃
"La formation d'initiales est courante dans les langues modernes."
Initialwort
Transliteration: ɪˈniːt͡si̯alˌvɔʁt
"Das Initialwort wird oft als Abkürzung verwendet."
sigla
Transliteration: ˈsiɡla
"Molte organizzazioni sono note attraverso la loro sigla."
sigla
Transliteration: ˈsiɡla
"La sigla se pronuncia deletreando cada letra."
sigla
Transliteration: ˈsiɡlɐ
"A sigla é formada pelas letras iniciais das palavras."
संक्षिप्त अक्षर
Transliteration: sankshipt akshar
"भाषाविज्ञान में प्रारंभिक नियमों का अध्ययन किया जाता है।"
首字母缩略词
Transliteration: shǒuzìmǔ suǒlüècí
"这个词在语言学中是一个首字母缩略词。"
두음법칙
Transliteration: dueum-beopchik
"국어에서는 단어 첫머리에 오는 자음에 제약이 있는 두음법칙이 존재합니다."
頭字語
Transliteration: tōjigo
"その言語には特有の頭字語の規則があります。"
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