abbreviate

Etymology 1
From, from , perfect passive participle of , formed from + , from. Alternatively, a. .

Verb

 * 1)  To shorten by omitting parts or details.
 * 2)  To speak or write in a brief manner.
 * 3)  To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
 * 4)  To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
 * 5)  To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
 * 1)  To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
 * 2)  To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
 * 1)  To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: скарача́ць, скараці́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Cornish: berrhe
 * Czech: zkracovat,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: mallongigi
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: लघु करना
 * Icelandic:, stytta
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: mempersingkat, ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 略す, , ,
 * Korean:, , 약생(略省)하다), 단축(短縮)하다
 * Latin: abbreviō
 * Macedonian: скратува
 * Manx: girree, aagherr, giar, jean ny s'girrey
 * Maori: whakapoto
 * Norman: rap'tichi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, forkorte
 * Persian: مختصر کردن
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: giorraich
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: скоро́чувати, скороти́ти
 * Vietnamese:, ,
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Hindi: संक्षिप्तकरना
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Vietnamese: ,

Etymology 2
From, perfect passive participle of.

Adjective

 * 1)  Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
 * 2)  Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
 * 1)  Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese: ,


 * Finnish:
 * Vietnamese: tương đối ngắn

Noun

 * 1)  An abridgment.

Adjective

 * 1) Being abbreviated.