abbreviated

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd/

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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.

Derived terms

• abbreviated number

Related terms

• abbreviate
• abbreviation
• abbreviating

Translations

shortened

• Arabic: مُخْتَصَر‎ (muḵtaṣar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 简略的

• Dutch: afgekort (nl), ingekort (nl), verkort (nl)
• Esperanto: mallongiga
• Finnish: lyhennetty (fi)
• French: abrégé (fr)
• German: abgekürzt (de)
• Greek: συντετμημένη (el) (syntetmiméni)
• Hungarian: rövidített (hu)
• Interlingua: abbreviate (ia)
• Italian: abbreviato (it)
• Japanese: 略した (ja) (ryaku shita)
• Korean: 단축 된 (danchuk doen)
• Manx: girrit, giare, aagherrit, jeant ny s'girrey
• Polish: skrócony
• Portuguese: abreviado (pt)
• Romanian: prescurtat (ro) m or n, abreviat (ro) m or n
• Russian: сокращённый (ru) (sokraščónnyj), укоро́ченный (ru) (ukoróčennyj)
• Spanish: abreviado (es)
• Swedish: förkortad (sv)
• Turkish: kısaltılmış (tr), muhtasar (tr)
• Volapük: pebrefüköl

Verb

abbreviated

1. simple past and past participle of abbreviate