The online dictionary is published on **[dicosigles.fr](https://dicosigles.fr)**.
The abbreviations come from the following sources:
* [small dictionary of Senate acronyms](https://www.senat.fr/histoire/sigles.html)
* [glexic of abbreviations or acronyms of the Directorate-General for the Offer of Care (DGOS)](http://www.metiers-fonctionpubliquehospitaliere.sante.gouv.fr/Lexique-des-abreviations-ou-sigles.html)
* [the contributions of the community beta.gouv.fr](https://github.com/betagouv/glossary-bot)
* [small dictionary of acronyms and acronyms of the Languedoc-Roussillon Company of Investigators](http://www.cce-lrv.com/documents/images/general_photos/151_Fichier.pdf), assembled by Michel Lefay
* [Glossary of Social, Health and Administration acronyms](http://maraudes.fr/glossaire-sigles-social-de-sante-de-ladministration/), by [Laurent Bohu](https://twitter.com/lolobobo)
* [status of the Administration](https://www.cnle.gouv.fr/Sigles-de-l-Administration.html) of the National Council for Policies to Combat Poverty and Social Exclusion (CNLE)
* [public procurement acronyms and acronyms](http://www.marche-public.fr/Marches-publics/Definitions/Marches-publics-Sigles.htm), by [Frédéric Makowski](https://twitter.com/marchespublics)
* [list of acronyms](https://www.fonction-publique.gouv.fr/files/files/statistiques/rapports_annuels/2016/G_Liste_des_sigles.pdf), by the Administration and Public Service Branch (AFPB)
* [abbreviations and abbreviations used](http://www.justice.gouv.fr/art_pix/Stat_Annuaire_ministere-justice_sigles.pdf), by the Ministry of Justice
* [administrative acronyms](https://www.keratocone.net/acronymes.html), by the Keratocone association
* [glexic of Public Service abbreviations](https://concours-fonction-publique.publidia.fr/guide-fonction-publique/infos-utiles/lexique-fonction-publique), by Publidia
* [Glossary of acronyms and acronyms](http://www.ac-grenoble.fr/college/poisy/orientation/orientation-sigles-et-acronymes/), by the Collège de Poisy (academy of Grenoble), from a manual of Onisep
* [sigles of the gendarmerie and the national police](https://gist.github.com/ColinMaudry/fe30f024d3cea20d1f6ccd579d9acd3f#file-gendarmerie-csv) collected by [Denis Merigoux](https://merigoux.ovh)
* Sources indicated by contributors of this dictionary
It will be updated from time to time, in order to raise the veil on these mysterious acronyms that populate the presentations and forms!
The dictionary currently contains **5,527** acronyms and acronyms.
### Reminder of definitions
— **sigle**: abbreviated form of a compound name from which only the first letters are retained. Examples: CGET, SNCF
— **acronym**: abbreviated as an ordinary word, without spelling the letters: NATO, EHPAD, URSSAF
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