Abbreviation

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Shorthand 1.4.1 Gregg

English

Etymology

Late Latin abbreviatio: compare French abréviation; from Latin ab, from, + brevis, short, + ending -ation indicating a verbal noun of action or process; abbreviate + -ion.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˌbriːviˈeɪʃn/

Noun

abbreviation (plural: abbreviations)

1. The act of shortening, or reducing.
2. The result of abbreviating; an abridgment. - w:Tylor
3. The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or phrase of which they are a part; as, Gen. for Genesis; U.S.A. for United States of America.
4. (music) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demi-semiquavers, or hemi-demi-semiquavers. - w:Moore

Translations

Catalan: abreviatura f. Chinese: 缩写 () Czech: krácení n. (1), zkrácení n. (1,2), zkratka f. (2,3) Danish: forkortelse c. Dutch: afkorting f. Esperanto: mallongigo Finnish: lyhentäminen (1), lyhennys (1), lyhennös (2), lyhenne (2,3) French: abréviation f. Frisian: ôfkoarting German: Abkürzung f., Kurzbezeichnung f., Kürzel n., Kurzform f. Greek: περιληψη Indonesian: singkatan Interlingua: abbreviation (3)

Irish: giorrú m. (gs -rraithe, pl. -rruithe) Italian: abbreviazione Japanese: 略称 (りゃくしょう,ryakusho) Latin: abbreviation Norwegian: forkortelse Novial: abreviatione Portuguese: abreviatura, abreviação Slovak: skratka f. (2, 3) Spanish: abreviatura f. Swedish: förkortning c. Welsh: talfyriad m. Russian: сокрaщение

Shorthand

Gregg

• (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - r - e - v - ia - sh
• (Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - r - e - v

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