Abbreviate

English

Etymology

From Latin abbreviātus, perfect passive participle of abbreviō (“‘abbreviate’”), formed from ad + breviō (“‘shorten’”), from brevis (“‘short’”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbriːvieɪt/

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Verb

Infinitive to Abbreviate

Third person singular abbreviat

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Abbreviate (third-person singular simple present abbreviat, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
   • It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. — Francis Bacon
2. (mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Related terms

• abbreviation
• abbreviator

Translations

to make shorter

Arabic: إخْتَصَرَ (’ikhtáʂara) Bulgarian: съкращавам, скъсявам bg(bg) Chinese: 为了缩写 (wèile suōxiě) Danish: forkorte Dutch: afkorten, verkorten, inkorten Esperanto: mallongigi eo(eo) Estonian: lühendama et(et) Finnish: lyhentää fi(fi) French: abréger fr(fr) German: kürzen (1,2), abkürzen (1) Greek: συντομέυω (syndomévo) Icelandic: skammstafa is(is), stytta is(is) Interlingua: abbreviar Italian: abbreviare it(it)

Japanese: 省略する (shōryaku surú); 短縮する (tanshuku suru); 略す (ryakusu); 短くする (mijikaku suru) Korean: 생략하다 ko(ko) (省略하다, saengnyakhada), 약하다 ko(ko) (略하다, yakhada), 약생하다 ko(ko) (略省하다, yaksaenghada), 단축하다 ko(ko) (短縮하다, danchukhada) Latin: abbreviō la(la) Macedonian: скратува (skratuva) Norwegian: forkorte Novial: abrevia Portuguese: abreviar pt(pt) Romanian: scurta ro(ro) Russian: сокращать (sokraščát’) Spanish: abreviar es(es) Swedish: förkorta (1,2) Vietnamese: tóm tắt, viết tắt, rút ngắn lại

to reduce to lower terms

Vietnamese: ước lược, rút gọn

Adjective

Abbreviate (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Abbreviate

Comparative {{{1}}}

Superlative {{{2}}}

1. (rare) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
   • The abbreviate form. — J. J. Earle
2. (biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Translations

having one part relatively shorter

Vietnamese: tương đối ngắn

Noun

Singular Abbreviate

Plural {{{1}}}

Abbreviate ({{{1}}})

1. (obsolete) An abridgment.

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - r - e - v - ia - t

(Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - r - e - v

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Interlingua

Adjective

abbreviate

1. Being abbreviated.

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Italian

Verb

abbreviate

1. second person plural present tense of abbreviare
2. second person plural imperative of abbreviare

Anagrams

• aabbeeirtv,
• abbeverati

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