Dictionary

abbreviature en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈbɹi.vi.əˌt͡ʃʊɹ/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Medieval Latin abbreviātūra, from Late Latin abbreviō (“shorten, abbreviate”). See also abbreviate.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract.
   • This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian. a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, Via Pacis:
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An abbreviated state or form.
3. (countable, uncountable) A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation.
   • The hand of PROVIDENCE writes often by abbreviatures, hieroglyphicks or short characters […] 1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals, 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 37:
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The process of abbreviating.

Forms

Translations (7)

nb abbreviasjon (shortened form of a word or phrase) · es abreviatura (abridgement, compendium, abstract) · nb forkortelse (abridgement, compendium, abstract) · es abreviatura (shortened form of a word or phrase) · pt abreviatura (abridgement, compendium, abstract) · nb forkortelse (shortened form of a word or phrase) · pt abreviação (abridgement, compendium, abstract)