initialism

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A term formed from the initial letters of several words or parts of words, which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
 * 2)  The process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words.
 * 1)  The process of forming words or terms using initial letters of other words.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 首字母縮略詞
 * Danish: initialord, initialforkortelse
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kirjainlyhenne, initialismi
 * French:
 * German: related:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: literowiec, skrótowiec literowy
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: инициальная аббревиатура
 * Spanish: