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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 References

[ English

[ Etymology

Established 1400–50. From late Middle English abbreviacioun, from Middle French abréviation, from Late Latin abbreviātiōn, from ab ‘from’ + brevis ‘short’ + -ion ‘action’.

[ Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

[ Noun

Singular abbreviation

Plural abbreviations

abbreviation (plural abbreviations)

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

Chinese: Mandarin: 簡寫, 简写 (jiǎnxiě); 縮寫, 缩写 (suōxiě) Crimean Tatar: abbreviatura Croatian: abrevijacija hr(hr) f., kratica hr(hr) f. Czech: zkratka cs(cs) f. Danish: forkortelse da(da) c. Dutch: afkorting nl(nl) f. 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. Hebrew: ראשי תיבות (rashei teivot) m. pl. Icelandic: skammstöfun is(is) f. Irish: giorrúchán m. 1

Italian: abbreviazione it(it) Japanese: 略語 ja(ja) (ryakugo),略字 ja(ja) (ryakuji),略 ja(ja) (ryaku) Maltese: abbrevjazzjoni Norwegian: forkortelse no(no) m. Polish: skrót pl(pl) m. Portuguese: abreviatura pt(pt) f., abreviação pt(pt) f. Russian: сокрaщение (sokraščénije) n., аббревиатура (abbreviatúra) f. Slovene: kratica f., okrajšava f. Spanish: abreviatura es(es) f. Swedish: förkortning sv(sv) c. 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

Chinese: 縮寫, 缩写 (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) 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

Vietnamese: (sự) ước lược, sự rút gọn

[ References

• “abbreviation” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “abbreviation” in thee Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “abbreviation” in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.