acronym meaning
EN
[ˈæk.ɹə.nɪm] 
UK WAcronym
- An acronym is an abbreviation formed from the initial components in a phrase or a word. Usually these components are individual letters (as in NATO or laser) or parts of words or names (as in Benelux).
- NounPLacronymsPREacro-SUF-onym
- An abbreviation formed by (usually initial) letters taken from a word or series of words, that is itself pronounced as a word, such as RAM, radar, or scuba; sometimes contrasted with initialism.
- A pronounceable word formed from the beginnings (letter or syllable) of other words and thus representing the phrase so formed, e.g. Benelux = the countries Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg considered as a political or economic whole.
- Any abbreviation so formed, regardless of pronunciation, such as TNT, BBC, IBM, or XML (see usage notes).
- Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
- An abbreviation formed by (usually initial) letters taken from a word or series of words, that is itself pronounced as a word, such as RAM, radar, or scuba; sometimes contrasted with initialism.
Definition of acronym in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Prefixes
- Words by prefix
- Words prefixed with acro-
- Words prefixed with acro-
- Words by prefix
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -onym
- Words suffixed with -onym
- Words by suffix
- Prefixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Morphemes
- en acronyms
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- en acronymic
- en acronymous
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "acronym" is a morpheme, more specifically, a prefixe and a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.