ABS

See also: abs, Abs, ABs, abs., Abs., ABŞ, A♭s, and abs-

Translingual

Symbol

ABS

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abu Simbel Airport, which serves Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt.

English

Noun

ABS

2. (automotive) Initialism of antilock braking system.
4. (organic chemistry) Initialism of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.

   Coordinate terms: PVC, CPVC, PEX

   1. (plumbing, informal, humorous) Initialism of all-black stuff: i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, referring to the black color of the waste water.
   2. plumbing Pipes composed of this plastic.
6. Initialism of asset-backed security or asset-backed securities.
8. Initialism of automatic block signaling.
10. (pathology) Initialism of auto-brewery syndrome.
12. (baseball) Initialism of Automated Ball-Strike System.

Derived terms

• ABS brake

Translations

antilock braking system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ABS (zh)

• Dutch: ABS (nl) n
• French: ABS (fr)
• Polish: ABS (pl) m
• Xibe: ᡝᡞ
  ᠪᡞ
  ᠠᡞᠰ (ei bi ais)

Proper noun

ABS

1. (computing) Initialism of Arch build system.
2. (Australia) Initialism of Australian Bureau of Statistics.
3. (Philippines, colloquial) Ellipsis of ABS-CBN.

See also

• (automotive): TCS, ESC
• (chemistry): PVC

References

• Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.

Anagrams

• B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, sab, sab., B. A. S., Bas, BAS, Sab., SAB, bas, ASB, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German ABS, initialism of German Antiblockiersystem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.be.ɛs/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

ABS m

1. (automotive) initialism of système de freinage antiblocage

Anagrams

• bas

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

ABS

1. initialism of Antiblockiersystem (anti-lock braking system)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbe.ɛs/, [aˈbe.ɛs]

Noun

ABS (plural ABS-ABS)

1. (uncountable) initialism of asal bapak senang (“people-pleasing”, literally “as long as the boss is happy”)
2. (countable) initialism of akrilonitril butadiena stiren (“acrylonitrile butadiene styrene”)
3. (countable) initialism of anti-lock brake system

Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English ABS.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ːbʲiːe̞sɨ]

Noun

ABS(エービーエス) • (ēbīesu) 

1. (automotive) Initialism of anti-lock brake system.
2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of alkyl benzene sulfonate.

Spanish

Noun

ABS m (plural ABS)

1. ABS (antilock brake system)

Further reading

• “ABS”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025