Meanings
plural numeronyms
- 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, →ISBN1 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 - An abbreviation formed by replacing letters within a word by the number of letters replaced, such as "I18n" for "Internationalization".
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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
numeronym. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numeronym
“numeronym.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numeronym. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “numeronym,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numeronym.
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