பொருள் : A word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word.
எடுத்துக்காட்டு :
`NATO' is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
The word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus).
ஒத்த சொற்கள் : initialism