ABC

See also abc

English

Initialism

ABC

1. (Australian, radio, obsolete) Australian Broadcasting Company. [1929-1932]
2. (Australian, television, radio, obsolete) Australian Broadcasting Commission. [1932-1983]
3. (Australian television, radio) Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [From July 1983]
4. (US television, radio) American Broadcasting Company
5. (television, Japan) Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
6. alcoholic beverage control
7. (of chewing gum) already been chewed
8. (business management) activity-based costing
9. (US, Canada) American-born Chinese
10. (Australian, New Zealand) Australian-born Chinese
11. (sports) African Basketball Confederation
12. ABC (B), a Belgian car market
13. Atlanta, Birmingham & Coast Railroad
14. aural brevity code
15. (military) atomic, biological, and chemical
16. (emergency medicine) Airway, breathing, and circulation
17. American Book Center
18. (Brazil) An acrostic for Saint Andre, Saint Bernardo and Saint Caetano, satellite cities around Sao Paulo City , a very important industrial area.
19. anything but Chardonnay: a backlash against Chardonnay wine, seen as ubiquitous

See also

• (atomic, biological, chemical): NBC
• (American-born Chinese): CBC
• (American Broadcasting Company): NBC , CBS , PBS , NPR

Etymology

The first three letters of the Latin alphabet, standing for the whole alphabet

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

ABC (plural ABCs)

1. (US also ABCs) (uncountable) The alphabet.

   Do you know your ABCs?

2. (obsolete) A primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading.
3. The rudiments of any subject.

   the ABC of finance

Synonyms

• (alphabet): absey
• (rudiments): basics, fundamentals

Translations

alphabet

Albanian: alfabet (sq) Dutch: ABC (nl) n., alfabet (nl) n. French: alphabet (fr) m. Hungarian: ábécé (hu) Italian: alfabeto (it) m.

Lithuanian: alphabet (lt) m. Norwegian: abc (no), alfabet (no) n. Portuguese: abc (pt) m., abecê (pt) m., á-bê-cê (pt) m. Russian: алфавит (ru) (alfavít) m., азбука (ru) (ázbuka) f. Swedish: ABC (sv) n., alfabet (sv) n.

obsolete: primer for learning the alphabet

Albanian: abetare (sq) Russian: азбука (ru) (ázbuka) f., букварь (ru) (bukvár’) m.

Swedish: abc-bok (sv) c. Volapük: lafababuk (vo)

rudiments

Dutch: ABC (nl) n. French: abc m invariable Japanese: いろは (ja) (iroha) Latin: abecedaria (la) f.

Portuguese: abc m., abecê m., á-bê-cê m. Russian: азбука (ru) (ázbuka) f., азы (ru) (azý) m. pl. Swedish: abc (sv) n.

Derived terms

• ABC book

See also

Naming an alphabet after the initial letters is common; compare:

• bopomofo
• futhark
• futhorc

Anagrams

• bac, BAC
• BCA, B. C. A.
• cab, CAB
• CBA

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Danish

Alternative forms

• abc

Pronunciation

• IPA: /abeseː/, [æb̥eˈseːˀ]

Noun

ABC c. (singular definite ABC'en, plural indefinite ABC'er)

1. ABC (a primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading; the rudiments of any subject)

Inflection

    Inflection of ABC

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ABC	ABC'en	ABC'er	ABC'erne
genitive	ABC's	ABC'ens	ABC'ers	ABC'ernes

External links

• ABC on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
• ABC (bog) on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia:ABC (bog)