Italian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

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

  1. abbreviated
  2. shortened

Derived terms edit

Participle edit

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

  1. past participle of abbreviare

Further reading edit

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

Latin edit

Verb edit

abbreviātō

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