Acronyme (fr)

Un acronyme est un mot formé des initiales ou des éléments initiaux (Benelux, radar) de plusieurs mots éventuellement composés se prononçant comme un mot normal.

People often create a short word that means the same thing as a much longer phrase (set of words), to make it faster and shorter to say the long phrase.

Have a look at the acronyms which are most used in the Commission

Related articles

 * Glossary
 * IATE

EC resources

 * Publications Office, Interinstitutional style guide, Main acronyms and abbreviations


 * EGNOS Portal, acronyms used by satellite navigation specialists
 * TAXUD, Taxation and Customs Union acronyms

External resources

 * AcronymFinder.com
 * All-acronyms.com
 * (fr) Sigles.net, in French but covers 40 languages and more than 200 countries