FCC

See also: fcc

English

Proper noun

FCC

1. (Canada) Initialism of Farm Credit Corporation.
2. (US) Initialism of Federal Communications Commission.
   • 1976, Boating (volume 40, numbers 1-2, page 152)

     The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.

   • 2002, Eminem, “Without Me”:

     So the FCC won't let me be / Or let me be me, so let me see / They tried to shut me down on MTV

   • 2025 February 3, Brian Stelter, “The FCC’s battle with CBS over its Harris interview is raising red flags”, in CNN‎^[1], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 22 September 2026:

     That’s what prompted new FCC Chairman Brendan Carr to send a “letter of inquiry” to CBS, asking the network to hand over the unedited tapes and transcript.

3. (particle physics) Initialism of Future Circular Collider.

   Coordinate term: LHC

Noun

FCC (plural FCCs)

1. (US) Initialism of Federal Correctional Complex.
2. (travel, cruising) Abbreviation of future cruise credit.

Adjective

FCC (not comparable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of fcc (“face-centered cubic”).

Further reading

• Federal Communications Commission on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Farm Credit Corporation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Federal Correctional Complex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• CCF, CFC, Ccf, ccf

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English FCC (“Federal Communications Commission”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌefe ˌθe ˈθe/ [ˌe.fe ˌθe ˈθe] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /ˌefe ˌse ˈse/ [ˌe.fe ˌse ˈse] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: FCC

Proper noun

FCC f

1. Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones; FCC.
   • 2024 November 18, Brian Stelter, “Brendan Carr escribió el capítulo de la Comisión Federal de Comunicaciones en el "Proyecto 2025". Ahora es el elegido de Trump para la agencia”, in CNN en Español‎^[2], archived from the original on 1 August 2025:

     Los comentarios de Carr, que escribió el capítulo sobre la FCC en el anteproyecto conservador conocido como Proyecto 2025, indicaron que no todo seguirá igual en la agencia reguladora de las comunicaciones del país.

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