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Detailed Translations for abbreviation from English to French

abbreviation:

abbreviation [the ~] nomen

  1. the abbreviation
    l'abréviation

Translation Matrix for abbreviation:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abréviation abbreviation abbreviating; abridging

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Synonyms for "abbreviation":


Related Definitions for "abbreviation":

  1. shortening something by omitting parts of it1
  2. a shortened form of a word or phrase1

Wiktionary Translations for abbreviation:

abbreviation
noun
  1. shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase
abbreviation
noun
  1. Action d’abréger ; résultat de cette action
  2. Procédé retranchant des lettres dans un mot ou une expression pour le raccourcir
  3. Mot issu de ce retranchement de lettres
  4. Signe destiné à représenter sous une forme abrégée des mots ou plusieurs notes de musique
  5. groupe de lettres

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
abbreviation sigle KürzelLinguistik: eine Abkürzung von einer Silbe oder einem oder mehreren Wörtern
abbreviation sigle; abréviation AbkürzungLinguistik, Wortbildung: die verkürzte Form eines Wortes oder eines Ausdrucks
abbreviation abréviation AbbreviaturMusik: Abkürzung der Notenschrift, der Vortragsbezeichnung bei der instrumentellen Wiedergabe
abbreviation abréviation AbbreviaturLinguistik: Abkürzung in Schrift und Druck
abbreviation néoténie AbbreviationZoologie: Verkürzung der Individualentwicklung eines Individuums durch den Wegfall von Entwicklungsstufen
abbreviation abréviation Abbreviationveraltend, Linguistik: in Schrift oder Druck abgekürztes Wort
abbreviation abréviation afkorting — het inkorten van een woord of een frase
abbreviation abréviation abbreviatie — het inkorten van een woord of een frase

abbreviate:

to abbreviate verb (abbreviates, abbreviated, abbreviating)

  1. to abbreviate (shorten)
    abréger; réduire; résumer; raccourcir; écourter
    • abréger verb (abrège, abrèges, abrégeons, abrégez, )
    • réduire verb (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • résumer verb (résume, résumes, résumons, résumez, )
    • raccourcir verb (raccourcis, raccourcit, raccourcissons, raccourcissez, )
    • écourter verb (écourte, écourtes, écourtons, écourtez, )

Conjugations for abbreviate:

present
  1. abbreviate
  2. abbreviate
  3. abbreviates
  4. abbreviate
  5. abbreviate
  6. abbreviate
simple past
  1. abbreviated
  2. abbreviated
  3. abbreviated
  4. abbreviated
  5. abbreviated
  6. abbreviated
present perfect
  1. have abbreviated
  2. have abbreviated
  3. has abbreviated
  4. have abbreviated
  5. have abbreviated
  6. have abbreviated
past continuous
  1. was abbreviating
  2. were abbreviating
  3. was abbreviating
  4. were abbreviating
  5. were abbreviating
  6. were abbreviating
future
  1. shall abbreviate
  2. will abbreviate
  3. will abbreviate
  4. shall abbreviate
  5. will abbreviate
  6. will abbreviate
continuous present
  1. am abbreviating
  2. are abbreviating
  3. is abbreviating
  4. are abbreviating
  5. are abbreviating
  6. are abbreviating
subjunctive
  1. be abbreviated
  2. be abbreviated
  3. be abbreviated
  4. be abbreviated
  5. be abbreviated
  6. be abbreviated
diverse
  1. abbreviate!
  2. let's abbreviate!
  3. abbreviated
  4. abbreviating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for abbreviate:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
abréger abbreviate; shorten abridge; cut down; cut short; shorten
raccourcir abbreviate; shorten abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut; cut close; cut down; cut short; economise; economize; just stay for a while; make short; minimise; minimize; pare; reduce; save; scale down; shorten; skim; trim
réduire abbreviate; shorten abridge; be shortcoming; boil down; clip; collapse; concentrate; condense; convert; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; decline; decrease; diminish; dwindle; economise; economize; go down; go thieving; lessen; make smaller; mark down; minimise; minimize; moderate; reduce; regress; remove; save; scale down; shorten; shrink; shrink away; sink; take away; thicken; trim; use sparingly; wain; waining
résumer abbreviate; shorten condense; excerpt; extract; exurpt; make an excerpt from; make an extract from; outline; recapitulate; shorten; sum up; summarise; summarize; take up the thread of one's narrative
écourter abbreviate; shorten abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; minimise; minimize; reduce; scale down; shorten; trim
- abridge; contract; cut; foreshorten; reduce; shorten

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Synonyms for "abbreviate":


Antonyms for "abbreviate":


Related Definitions for "abbreviate":

  1. shorten1
  2. reduce in scope while retaining essential elements1

Wiktionary Translations for abbreviate:

abbreviate
verb
  1. to make shorter
abbreviate
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
abbreviate abréger abbreviierentransitiv, Linguistik: in Schrift und Druck abkürzen oder durch ein Zeichen ersetzen

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