abbreviere

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Latin

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Verb

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abbreviēre

  1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of abbreviō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin abbreviō, abbreviāre (to shorten, abbreviate).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abrɛʋɪˈeːrə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eːrə
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bre‧vi‧e‧re

Verb

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abbreviere (passive abbrevieres, imperative abbrevier, present tense abbrevierer, simple past abbrevierte, past participle abbreviert, present participle abbrevierende, verbal noun abbreviering)

  1. (typography, transitive) to abbreviate (to reduce a word or phrase to a shorter recognizable form)
    Synonym: forkorte
    • 1877, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter V,2, page 182:
      jeg [har kun] havt abbrevierede afskrivter at gaae efter
      I [have only] had abbreviated transcripts to go after
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References

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