Abbreviation

//əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən//

Synonyms for "abbreviation" (118 found)

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Related words (59)

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Translations

209 translations across 74 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • afkorting noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • afkorting noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • verkorting noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • verkorting noun (abridged version of a document)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀποκοπή noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Arabic

2 entries
  • اختصار noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • اِخْتِصَار noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Armenian

4 entries
  • կրճատում noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • համառոտում noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • հապավում noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • հապավում noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Asturian

1 entries
  • abreviatura noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • abbreviatura noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • абрэвіяту́ра noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • скарачэ́нне noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • скарачэ́ньне noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • абревиату́ра noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • абревиатура noun (music: a notation used in music score to denote a direction)
  • абревиатура noun (music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note)
  • скъсяване noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Catalan

1 entries
  • abreviatura noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 略語 /略语 noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • 簡寫 /简写 noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • 約分 /约分 noun (mathematics: reduction to lower terms)
  • 縮寫 /缩写 noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Cornish

1 entries
  • berrheans noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • qısqartma noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Czech

3 entries
  • krácení noun (mathematics: reduction to lower terms)
  • zkratka noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • zkrácení noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Danish

2 entries
  • forkortelse noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • forkortelse noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Dutch

3 entries
  • afkorting noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • afkorting noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • verkorting noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Eastern Mari

3 entries
  • аббревиатур noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • аббревиаций noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • кӱчыкемдымаш noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • mallongigo noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Estonian

1 entries
  • lühend noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Faroese

1 entries
  • stytting noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Finnish

4 entries
  • lyhenne noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • lyhennelmä noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • lyhennys noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • lyhennysmerkki noun (music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note)

French

1 entries
  • abréviation noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Galician

1 entries
  • abreviatura noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Georgian

2 entries
  • აბრევიატურა noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • შემოკლება noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

German

4 entries
  • Abbreviation noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • Abbreviatur noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • Abkürzung noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • Abkürzung noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Greek

4 entries
  • βραχυγραφία noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • συντομογραφία noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • συντόμευση noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • σύνοψη noun (abridged version of a document)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • ראשי תיבות noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Hindi

1 entries
  • संक्षिप्तीकरण noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • rövidítés noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • skammstöfun noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • stytting noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • stytting noun (music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note)

Ido

2 entries
  • abrevio noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • abreviuro noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • abreviasi noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abreviasi noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • penyingkatan noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • singkatan noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Irish

3 entries
  • giorrú noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • giorrúchán noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • nod noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Italian

4 entries
  • abbreviatura noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abbreviazione noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abbreviazione noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • abbreviazione noun (music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 略 noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • 略 noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • 略称 noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • 略語 noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • аббревиатура noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • қысқарған сөз noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ពាក្យកាត់ noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Korean

4 entries
  • 생략 noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • 약분 noun (mathematics: reduction to lower terms)
  • 약어 noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • 약자 noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Latin

2 entries
  • abbreviātiō noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abbreviātiō noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Latvian

2 entries
  • abreviatūra noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • saīsinājums noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • santrumpa noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • sutrumpinimas noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • krotceńka noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • skrotconka noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Ofkierzung noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • кратенка noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • скратеница noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Malay

2 entries
  • penyingkatan noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • singkatan noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Maltese

2 entries
  • abbrevjazzjoni noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abbrevjazzjoni noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Māori

1 entries
  • poronga noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • abbreviasjon noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abbreviatur noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abbreviatur noun (music: a notation used in music score to denote a direction)
  • abbreviatur noun (music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • abbreviatur noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • forkorting noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • forkorting noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Occitan

1 entries
  • abreviacion noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Polish

4 entries
  • abrewiatura noun (music: one or more dashes through the stem of a note)
  • redukcja noun (mathematics: reduction to lower terms)
  • skracanie noun (mathematics: reduction to lower terms)
  • skrócenie noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • abreviatura noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abreviatura noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • abreviação noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abreviação noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • abreviaziôn noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Romanian

4 entries
  • abreviație noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abreviere noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abreviere noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • prescurtare noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Russian

4 entries
  • аббревиа́ция noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • аббревиату́ра noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • сокраще́ние noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • сокраще́ние noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • giorrachadh noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • giorrachadh noun (abridged version of a document)
  • giorrachadh noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • abrevijácija noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abrevijácija noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • kràtica noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • kràtica noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Slovak

1 entries
  • skratka noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Slovene

2 entries
  • kratica noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • okrajšava noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Spanish

2 entries
  • abreviación noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • abreviación noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Swahili

1 entries
  • kifupisho noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Swedish

4 entries
  • förkortande noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • förkortning noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • förkortning noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • förkortning noun (mathematics: reduction to lower terms)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pagdadaglat noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Tamil

3 entries
  • சுருக்கம் noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • சுருக்கம் noun (abridged version of a document)
  • சுருக்கம் noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Telugu

1 entries
  • సంక్షేపం noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Thai

3 entries
  • คำย่อ noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • ตัวย่อ noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • อักษรย่อ noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kısaltma noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Udmurt

1 entries
  • вакчиятон noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • абревіату́ра noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • скоро́чення noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • skrótšenka noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مُخَفَّف noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bài tóm tắt noun (abridged version of a document)
  • sự rút gọn noun (mathematics: reduction to lower terms)
  • sự rút ngắn noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)
  • sự tóm tắt noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Volapük

2 entries
  • brefod noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
  • brefükam noun (act or result of shortening or reducing)

Welsh

1 entries
  • byrfodd noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

West-Frisian

1 entries
  • ôfkoarting noun (shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)

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We use DS as an abbreviation of 'dyad' style.

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"Doc" is an abbreviation of "doctor".

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Apr. is an abbreviation for April.

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Ph.D. is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase - philosophiae doctoratum.

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