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): (file)

Noun

abbreviature (countable and uncountable, plural abbreviatures)

An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract. [since the late 16th century]^[1]
- a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, Via Pacis:
  This is an excellent abbreviature of the whole duty of a Christian.
(obsolete) An abbreviated state or form. [only during the early to mid 17th century]^[1]
A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation. [since the mid 17th century]^[1]
- 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 […]
(obsolete) The process of abbreviating. [only during the early to late 17th century]^[1]

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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Crimean Tatar: ^{(please verify)} qısqartma

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbreviature”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Italian

Noun

abbreviature

plural of abbreviatura

Latin

Participle

abbreviātūre

vocative masculine singular of abbreviātūrus

[SOED-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbreviature”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

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