Abbreviation

==English==
===Etymology===
Established 1400–50. From late abbreviacioun, from abréviation, from , from + .
===Pronunciation===
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===Noun===
# A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole: Dr.
# The act or result of shortening or reducing.
# One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demi-semiquavers, or hemi-demi-semiquavers.
# Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
====Translations====
* Arabic: 
* Azeri: 
* Bulgarian: 
* Catalan: 
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: , ; , ; , 
* Crimean Tatar: qısqartma
* Croatian: , 
* Czech: 
* Danish: 
* Dutch: 
* Esperanto: 
* Finnish: 
* French: 
* German: , , , 
* Greek: 
* Hebrew: ראשי תיבות (rashei teivot) 
* Hungarian: 
* Icelandic: 
* Irish: giorrúchán 1
* Italian: 
* Japanese: , , 
* Latin: 
* Maltese: abbrevjazzjoni
* Norwegian: 
* Polish: 
* Portuguese: , 
* Romanian: 
* Russian: , 
* Serbian: 
* Slovak: 
* Slovene: kratica , okrajšava 
* Spanish: 
* Swedish: 
* Turkish: 
* Vietnamese: chữ viết tắt, từ viết tắt
* West Frisian: 
* Vietnamese: bài tóm tắt
* Bulgarian: 
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: , 
* Croatian: , 
* Czech: 
* Danish: 
* Dutch: , 
* Finnish: , , , 
* German: 
* Icelandic: 
* Irish: giorrú , giorrúchán 1
* Italian: 
* Japanese: , 
* Latin: 
* Maltese: abbrevjazzjoni
* Norwegian: 
* Portuguese: , abreviação 
* Russian: сокрaщение (sokraščénije) , урезание (ur'ezánije) 
* Spanish: 
* Swedish: förkortning , förkortande (the act of...)
* Vietnamese: (sự) tóm tắt, sự rút ngắn
* Finnish: 
* Icelandic: 
* Irish: nod ( 1) giorrúcháin
* Italian: 
* Bulgarian: 
* Czech: krácení
* Swedish: 
* Vietnamese: (sự) ước lược, sự rút gọn
* : singkatan
* : abbreviation (3)
* : 약어 (略語) (yakeo)
* : abreviatione
* : skratka (2, 3)
* : talfyriad 
===References===
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