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syllabic abbreviations

syllabic abbreviations is the plural of syllabic abbreviation.

Meaning of syllabic abbreviation

Noun

syllabic abbreviation (plural syllabic abbreviations)

  1. An abbreviation formed from syllables, usually the initial ones, of several words.
    • Subaru named it after the New York zip code Tribeca — a syllabic abbreviation of “Triangle Below Canal Street” — not so much to connote wealth and glamour2008 March 19, “HE SAYS...So nondescript is the redesign, the car all but fades”, in The Times

Questions about syllabic abbreviations

What is syllabic abbreviations the plural of?
Syllabic abbreviations is the plural of syllabic abbreviation.

Words near syllabic abbreviations in the dictionary

  1. syllabe
  2. syllabes
  3. syllabi
  4. syllabic
  5. syllabic abbreviation
  6. syllabic abbreviations
  7. syllabic break
  8. syllabic breaks
  9. syllabic consonant
  10. syllabic consonants
  11. syllabic rhyme

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Adapted from Wiktionary: syllabic abbreviations (page history and authors); syllabic abbreviation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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