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Acrophony (i; Greek: ἄκρος akros uppermost + φωνή phone sound) is the naming of letters of an alphabetic writing system so that a letter`s name begins with the letter itself. For example, Greek letter names are acrophonic: the names of the letters α, β, γ, δ, are spelled with the respective letters: αλφα (alpha), βήτα (beta)....
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• (n.) The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.
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A·croph'o·ny noun [ Greek
'a`kros extreme + ... sound.] The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.
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n] - naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
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acrophony 1. The sound of the initial or beginning; the use of what was originally a picture-symbol or hieroglyph of an object to represent phonetically the initial syllable or sound of the name of the object; e.g. employing the symbol of an ox, aleph, to represent the syllable or letter. 2. The naming of a letter by a word whose initial sound is t...
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noun naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
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the use of what was originally a logogram as a phonetic symbol for the initial sound of the word the logogram represented, as, in Semitic writing, the use of a picture of a shepherd's crook to represent the sound (l), the first sound of lamed, the Hebrew word for a shepherd's crook. · the use of a word as the name of the alphabetical symbol...
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