abbreviature

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹi.vi.əˌt͡ʃʊɹ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

abbreviature (countable and uncountable, plural abbreviatures)

1. An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract. [since the late 16th century]
   • a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, Via Pacis:

     This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian.

2. (obsolete) An abbreviated state or form. [only during the early to mid 17th century]
3. A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation. [since the mid 17th century]
   • 1716, Thomas Browne, edited by Samuel Johnson, Christian Morals‎^[1], 2nd edition, London: J. Payne, published 1756, Part I, p. 37:

     The hand of PROVIDENCE writes often by abbreviatures, hieroglyphicks or short characters […]

4. (obsolete) The process of abbreviating. [only during the early to late 17th century]

Translations

abbreviation — see abbreviation

abridgement, compendium, abstract

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forkortelse (no) m

• Portuguese: abreviatura (pt) f, abreviação (pt) f
• Spanish: abreviatura (es) f

shortened form of a word or phrase

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forkortelse (no) m, abbreviasjon (no) m

• Spanish: abreviatura (es) f

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Italian

Noun

abbreviature

1. plural of abbreviatura

Latin

Participle

abbreviātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of abbreviātūrus