abbreviated

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈbriːvieɪtɪd/
• (GenAm) IPA: /əˈbri.viˌeɪ.tɪd/

Adjective

abbreviated (comparative more abbreviated, superlative most abbreviated)

1. Shortened; made briefer.

   The abbreviated lesson only took fifteen minutes as opposed to an hour and a half.

2. Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
3. Scanty, as in clothing.

Related terms

• abbreviate
• abbreviation
• abbreviating

Translations

shortened

• Dutch: afgekort, ingekort, verkort
• Esperanto: mallongiga
• Finnish: lyhennetty
• French: abrégé (fr)
• German: abgekürzt
• Interlingua: abbreviate
• Italian: abbreviato (it)
• Japanese: 略した (ja) (ryaku shita)

• Polish: skrócony
• Portuguese: abreviado (pt)
• Romanian: prescurtat (ro) m and n, abreviat (ro) m and n
• Spanish: abreviado (es)
• Swedish: förkortad (sv)
• Turkish: kısaltılmış (tr), muhtasar (tr)
• Volapük: pebrefüköl (vo)

Verb

abbreviated

1. simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate

Shorthand

• Gregg (Version: Centennial,Series 90,DJS,Simplified): a - b - r - e - v - ia - td

(Version: Anniversary,Pre-Anniversary): a - b - r - e - v - disjoined t