numeronym

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UK/ˈnjuːməɹəʊˌnɪm/US/ˈnuməɹəˌnɪm/

noun

A number-based word.

“Is the numeronym a11y accessible?”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounnumeronym (plural numeronyms)

plural numeronyms

  1. A number-based word.

    Finally, the E7 countries—a numeronym standing for 'Emerging' market economies—include the BRIC countries, along with Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey.

    2018, Aurélia Durand, Marketing and Globalization, Routledge, →ISBN
    1 more example

    Given a history of failed and unpopular solutions, the problem of concurrency has even been assigned its own numeronym: "The C10K problem". How should network software confidently serving 10,000 simultaneous clients be designed?

    2013, Sandro Pasquali, Mastering Node.js, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 123
  2. An abbreviation formed by replacing letters within a word by the number of letters replaced, such as "I18n" for "Internationalization".

    Is the numeronym a11y accessible?

Origin

Translations

Catalan numerònim
  • numerònimnumber-based word
French numéronyme
  • numéronymenumber-based word
German Numeronym
  • Numeronymnumber-based word
Portuguese numerônimo
  • numerônimonumber-based word
Spanish numerónimo
  • numerónimonumber-based word
Cite this entry
APA

numeronym. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numeronym

MLA

“numeronym.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numeronym. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “numeronym,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numeronym.

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