Abbreviations in Webster
From Fresh Dictionary
The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary is often used as a source for definitions, as its copyright has expired so it is in the public domain. Numerous abbreviations, sometimes not intuitive, appear in the source; this page catalogs them for reference.
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General Abbreviations
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Grammatical terms
- a. = adjective
- adv. = adverb
- imp. = imperfect
- n. = noun
- pass. = passive
- p.p. = past participle
- p.pr. = present participle
- pref. = prefix
- prep. = preposition
- pres. = present
- subj. = subjunctive
- vb.n. = verbal noun
- v.i. = intransitive verb
- v.t. = transitive verb
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Languages
- Ar. = Arabic
- AS. = Anglo-Saxon - use template {{AS.}}
- D. = Dutch
- Dan. = Danish
- E. = English
- F. = French
- G. = German - use template {{G.}}
- Ger. = Germanic or German
- Gk. = Greek
- Goth. = Gothic
- Gr. = Greek
- Heb. = Hebrew
- Icel. = Icelandic
- It. = Italian
- L. = Latin
- Lith. = Lithuanian
- LL. = Late Latin
- ME. = Middle English - enm
- MHG. = Middle High German - gmh
- NL. = New Latin
- OE. = Old English - use template {{OE.}}.
- Important: In Webster 1913, "Old English" refers to what we call Middle English todayâand also specifically early Middle English. Our "Old English" is Anglo-Saxon (AS.) to Webster. See the Webster 1913 entry on "English"
- OF. = Old French
- OFris. = Old Frisian
- OHG. = Old High German
- Olr. = typo for OIr = Old Irish
- OS. = Old Saxon
- Per. = Persian
- Pg. = Portuguese
- Russ. = Russian
- Skr. = Sanskrit
- Sp. = Spanish
- Sw. = Swedish