Abbreviate

==English==
===Etymology===
From , perfect passive participle of , formed from + , from .
===Pronunciation===
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===Verb===
# To make shorter; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by means of contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
#* It is one thing to abbreviate by contracting, another by cutting off. — Francis Bacon
# To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
====Related terms====
* abbreviation
* abbreviator
====Translations====
* Arabic: 
* Bulgarian: 
* Chinese: 为了缩写 (wèile suōxiě)
* Danish: forkorte
* Dutch: afkorten, verkorten, inkorten
* Esperanto: 
* Estonian: 
* Finnish: 
* French: 
* German: kürzen (1,2), abkürzen (1)
* Greek: συντομέυω (syndomévo)
* Icelandic: , 
* Interlingua: abbreviar
* Italian: 
* Japanese: 省略する (shōryaku surú); 短縮する (tanshuku suru); 略す (ryakusu); 短くする (mijikaku suru)
* Korean: , , , 
* Latin: 
* Macedonian: скратува (skratuva)
* Norwegian: forkorte
* Novial: abrevia
* Portuguese: 
* Romanian: 
* Russian: сокращать (sokraščát’)
* Spanish: 
* Swedish: förkorta (1,2)
* Vietnamese: tóm tắt, viết tắt, rút ngắn lại
* Vietnamese: ước lược, rút gọn
===Adjective===
# Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
#* The abbreviate form. — J. J. Earle
# Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
====Translations====
* Vietnamese: tương đối ngắn
===Noun===
# An abridgment.
===Shorthand===
* Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90, DJS,Simplified): a - b - r - e - v - ia - t
: (Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - r - e - v
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==Interlingua==
===Adjective===
abbreviate
# Being abbreviated.
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==Italian==
===Verb===
abbreviate
# second person plural present tense of abbreviare
# second person plural imperative of abbreviare
===Anagrams===
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* abbeverati
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