English

Etymology
From Latin abbreviatus, past participle of abbreviare, formed from ad- + breviare "to shorten", from brevis short.

Pronunciation
RP:

• IPA|/É�Ë�briË�vieɪt/

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Verb
en-verb|abbreviat|ing

1. transitive To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.

#* It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. � Bacon

1. math To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Related terms
abbreviation
abbreviator

Translations
trans-top|to make shorter
Arabic: ARchar|اختصر|إخ�ت�ص�ر� unicode|(�ikhtá�ara)
Chinese: 为�缩� (wèile su�xi�)
Dutch: afkorten, verkorten, inkorten
Danish: forkorte
Finnish: lyhentää
French: abréger
German: kürzen (1,2), abkürzen (1)
Greek: ��ν�ομέ�� (syndomévo)
Icelandic: skammstafa
Interlingua: abbreviar
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Italian: abbreviare
Japanese: ���� (sh�ryaku surú); �縮�� (tanshuku suru); �� (ryakusu)
Korean: ���� (saengnyak-hada)
Macedonian: �к�а��ва (skratuva)
Norwegian: forkorte
Novial: abrevia
Portuguese: abreviar
Russian: �ок�а�а�� (sokraš�át�)
Spanish: abreviar
Swedish: förkorta (1,2)
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ttbc|Vietnamese: tóm tắt, viết tắt, rút ngắn lại, ư�c lược, rút g�n

Adjective
en-adj

1. rare Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.

#* The abbreviate form. � Earle

1. biology Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

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ttbc|Vietnamese: tương ��i ngắn

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete An abridgment.

Interlingua

Adjective
abbreviate

1. Being abbreviated.

Italian

Verb form
abbreviate

1. second person plural present tense of abbreviare
2. second person plural imperative of abbreviare

Category:Italian verb forms

am:abbreviate
ar:abbreviate
be:abbreviate
fa:abbreviate
fr:abbreviate
gl:abbreviate
io:abbreviate
id:abbreviate
it:abbreviate
ml:abbreviate
pl:abbreviate
ru:abbreviate
fi:abbreviate
sv:abbreviate
ta:abbreviate
te:abbreviate
vi:abbreviate
tr:abbreviate
uk:abbreviate
zh:abbreviate

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