Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A word that is originally not an acronym but is turned into one by devising a full form for it, sometimes as a folk etymology, sometimes as a contrived acronym to name a new organization, proposal, or other entity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A phrase which assigns a morpheme or word to each letter of a pre-existing acronym.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To create a backronym.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheg-der.? Proto-Germanic *baką Proto-West Germanic *bak Old English bæc Middle English bak English back German akro- German -onym German Akronymbor. English acronym blend English backronym Blend of back + acronym.
Across languages
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
