Italian

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Etymology

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From abbreviare, itself a borrowing from Latin abbreviāre (to abbreviate, to shorten). Doublet of abregé, borrowed from French.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ab.breˈvja.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bre‧vià‧to

Adjective

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abbreviato (feminine abbreviata, masculine plural abbreviati, feminine plural abbreviate)

  1. abbreviated
  2. shortened

Derived terms

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Participle

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abbreviato (feminine abbreviata, masculine plural abbreviati, feminine plural abbreviate)

  1. past participle of abbreviare

Further reading

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  • abbreviato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Verb

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abbreviātō

  1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of abbreviō