abridged

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbɹɪdʒd/

• Audio (US):

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Adjective

abridged (comparative more abridged, superlative most abridged)

1. Cut or shortened, especially of a literary work.

   The novel was abridged by the author to make the audio recording a more manageable length.

Related terms

• unabridged

Translations

cut or shortened, especially of a literary work

• Catalan: abreujat (ca), resumit
• Danish: forkortet
• Dutch: verkort (nl), beknopt (nl)
• Finnish: lyhennetty (fi), supistettu
• French: abrégée (fr)
• German: gekürzt (de), verkürtzt
• Italian: abbreviato (it) m, abbreviata (it) f, ridotto (it) m, ridotta (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: скратен m (skraten)
• Norwegian: avkortet, avkorta
• Portuguese: abreviado (pt)
• Russian: сокращённый (ru) (sokraščónnyj)
• Spanish: abreviado (es)
• Swedish: förkortad (sv)
• Telugu: సంక్షిప్తము (te) (saṅkṣiptamu)

Verb

abridged

1. simple past and past participle of abridge

Anagrams

• bigraded, brigaded