acrophony
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “uppermost, beginning”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). acro- + -phony
Pronunciation
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Noun
acrophony (plural acrophonies)
- Naming letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
Translations
naming of letters so their names begin with the letter itself
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