Abbreviation

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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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Abbreviation ({{{1}}})

1. A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole: Dr.
2. The act or result of shortening or reducing.
3. (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demi-semiquavers, or hemi-demi-semiquavers.
4. (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

Vietnamese: bài tóm tắt

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.
• Template:R:WordNet 2003

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