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頭文字語 (かしらもじご) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

頭かしら文も字じ語ご

Meanings

1

noun

computing

Technical term used in computing and linguistics for words formed from initial letters of a phrase.

「HTML」は「HyperText Markup Language」の頭かしら文も字じ語ごです。
"HTML" is an acronym for "HyperText Markup Language."

Kanji

頭head, counter for large animals
文sentence, literature, style
字character, letter, word
語

word, speech, language

Similar words

略りゃく語ご
略語 is a broader term for any abbreviation, while 頭文字語 specifically refers to acronyms formed from initial letters.

Etymology

Compound of 頭文字 (initial letter) and 語 (word).