mozaikszó

Noun

 * 1)  acronym

Usage notes
A mozaikszó includes partly the terms categorized as, those shortenings whose letters are pronounced individually, e.g. "FBI" (that is, initialisms), as well as more typical acronyms, which are pronounced as words, e.g. "NATO". The other group comprised in mozaikszó is, consisting of amalgamations of short words or word elements longer than a letter, like "radar", incorporating three letters from "radio". By contrast, a is an abbreviation, which is pronounced in its original, full form, such as "Mr." or "Mrs." in English.