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Etymology [ ]
Established 1400–50. From late Middle English abbreviacioun , from Middle French abréviation , from Late Latin abbreviātiō , from ab ( “ ‘ from’ ” ) + abbreviō ( “ ‘ shorten, abridge’ ” ) .
Pronunciation [ ]
( RP ) IPA : /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn
Noun [ ]
Singular
Abbreviation
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A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole: Dr .
The act or result of shortening or reducing .
( music ) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers , semiquavers , demi-semiquavers , or hemi-demi-semiquavers .
( mathematics ) Reduction to lower terms , as a fraction .
Translations [ ]
shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase
Arabic: اختصار ar (ar) (ikhtiSaar) m.
Azeri : abbreviatura az (az)
Bulgarian: абревиатура bg (bg) (abreviatúra) f.
Catalan : abreviatura ca (ca) f.
Chinese:
Mandarin: 縮寫 cmn (cmn) , 缩写 cmn (cmn) (suōxiě); 簡寫 cmn (cmn) , 简写 cmn (cmn) (jiǎnxiě); 略語 cmn (cmn) , 略语 cmn (cmn) (lüèyǔ)
Crimean Tatar : qısqartma
Croatian: abrevijacija hr (hr) f. , kratica hr (hr) f.
Czech: zkratka cs (cs) f.
Danish: forkortelse da (da) c.
Dutch: afkorting nl (nl) f.
Esperanto: mallongigo eo (eo)
Finnish: lyhenne fi (fi)
French: abréviation fr (fr) f.
German: Abkürzung de (de) f. , Kurzbezeichnung de (de) f. , Kürzel de (de) n. , Kurzform de (de) f.
Greek: συντομογραφία el (el) f.
Hebrew: ראשי תיבות (rashei teivot) m. pl.
Hungarian: rövidítés hu (hu)
Icelandic: skammstöfun is (is) f.
Irish: giorrúchán m. 1
Italian: abbreviazione it (it)
Japanese: 略語 ja (ja) (りゃくご, ryakugo), 略字 ja (ja) (ryakuji), 略 ja (ja) (ryaku)
Latin: abbreviātiō la (la) f.
Maltese: abbrevjazzjoni
Norwegian: forkortelse no (no) m.
Polish: skrót pl (pl) m.
Portuguese: abreviatura pt (pt) f. , abreviação pt (pt) f.
Romanian: abreviere ro (ro) f.
Russian: сокращение ru (ru) (sokraščénije) n. , аббревиатура ru (ru) (abbreviatúra) f.
Serbian: скраћеница sr (sr) (skraćenica) f.
Slovak: skratka sk (sk) f.
Slovene: kratica f. , okrajšava f.
Spanish: abreviatura es (es) f.
Swedish: förkortning sv (sv) c.
Turkish: kısaltma tr (tr)
Vietnamese: chữ viết tắt , từ viết tắt
West Frisian : ôfkoarting fy (fy) c.
abridged version of a document
act or result of shortening or reducing
Bulgarian: съкращаване, скъсяване bg (bg)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 縮寫 cmn (cmn) , 缩写 cmn (cmn) (suōxiě)
Croatian: abrevijacija hr (hr) f. , kratica hr (hr) f.
Czech: zkrácení cs (cs) n.
Danish: forkortelse da (da) c.
Dutch: afkorting nl (nl) f. , verkorting nl (nl) f.
Finnish: lyhentäminen fi (fi) , lyhennös fi (fi) , lyhennelmä fi (fi) , lyhennys fi (fi)
German: Abkürzung de (de) f.
Icelandic: stytting is (is) f.
Irish: giorrú m. , giorrúchán m. 1
Italian: abbreviazione it (it)
Japanese: 省略 ja (ja) (shōryaku), 短縮 ja (ja) (tanshuku)
Latin: abbreviātiō la (la) f.
Maltese: abbrevjazzjoni
Norwegian: forkorting no (no) m. and f.
Portuguese: abreviatura pt (pt) f. , abreviação f.
Russian: сокрaщение (sokraščénije) n. , урезание (ur'ezánije) n.
Spanish: abreviación es (es) f.
Swedish: förkortning c. , förkortande n. (the act of... )
Vietnamese: (sự ) tóm tắt , sự rút ngắn
music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note
Finnish: lyhennysmerkki fi (fi)
Icelandic: stytting is (is) f.
Irish: nod (m. 1) giorrúcháin
Italian: abbreviazione it (it)
mathematics: reduction to lower terms
Bulgarian: съкращаване bg (bg)
Czech: krácení
Swedish: förkortning sv (sv) c.
Vietnamese: (sự ) ước lược , sự rút gọn
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Indonesian : singkatan
Interlingua : abbreviation (3)
Korean : 약어 (略語) (yakeo)
Novial : abreviatione
Slovak : skratka f. (2, 3)
Welsh : talfyriad m.
References [ ]
“abbreviation ” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition , Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
“abbreviation ” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1 , Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
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