abbreviasjon
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiō (“abbreviation”), from abbreviō (“to shorten, abbreviate, abridge”), from brevis (“short”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abrɛʋɪaˈʃuːn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -uːn
- Hyphenation: ab‧bre‧vi‧a‧sjon
Noun
abbreviasjon m (definite singular abbreviasjonen, indefinite plural abbreviasjoner, definite plural abbreviasjonene)
- (linguistics, typography) an abbreviation, shortening (a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase)
- Synonym: abbreviatur
- "AB" er en abbreviasjon for "avbetaling"
- "AB" is an abbreviation for "avbetaling"
Related terms
- abbreviator (“abbreviator”)
- abbreviere (“to abbreviate”)
See also
- forkorte (“to shorten, abbreviate”)
- forkorting, forkortelse (“shortening, abbreviation”)
References
- “abbreviasjon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “abbreviasjon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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