Words Like ACROPHONY
We have put together a list of words that are similar to ACROPHONY.
1 Alternative Words Similar to acrophony
4 definitions of acrophony
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The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.
2
naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter
3
In the development of alphabetic writing, the use of a symbolic picture of an object or idea to represent phonetically the initial syllable, or the initial sound, of the name of that object or idea; as in giving to the Egyptian hieroglyph for nefer, good, the phonetic value of ne, its first syllable, or of n, its first letter. See acrology.
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Naming letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.