ABC

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Initialism 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Derived expressions

English

Initialism

ABC

1. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
2. American Broadcasting Company.
3. (Japan) Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
4. Alcoholic Beverage Control.
5. (of chewing gum) Already been chewed.
6. (Business Management) Activity-Based Costing
7. American-born Chinese
8. African Basketball Confederation
9. ABC (B), a Belgian car market
10. Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad
11. Aural brevity code
12. (Military) Atomic, Biological and Chemical
13. American Book Center

Etymology

The first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet

Noun

ABC (plural ABCs)

1. (US also ABCs; uncountable) The alphabet.

   Do you know your ABCs?

2. (obsolete) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
3. (not used in the plural) The rudiments of any subject.

   the ABC of finance

Synonyms

• (rudiments): basics, fundamentals, rudiments

Translations

alphabet

Dutch: ABC n., alfabet n. French: alphabet m. Italian: alfabeto m.

Lithuanian: alphabet m. Norwegian: abc, alfabet n. Russian: алфавит (alfavít) m., азбука (ázbuka) f. Swedish: ABC n., alfabet n.

obsolete: primer for learning the alphabet

Albanian: abetare

Russian: азбука (ázbuka) f., букварь (bukvár’) m. Swedish: abc-bok c.

rudiments

Dutch: ABC n. French: abc m invariable Latin: abecedaria f.

Russian: азбука (ázbuka) f. Swedish: abc n.

Derived expressions

• ABC book

ar:ABC it:ABC pl:ABC zh:ABC