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abbreviate verb

  /ə.ˈbɹiː.vi.eɪt/ , /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/
  • (transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
 abbreviare, accorciare

abbreviation noun

  /əˌbɹi.viˈeɪ.ʃn̩/ , /əˌbɹiː.viˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • (linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase used to represent the whole, using omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @. [Late 16th century.]
 abbreviazione, abbreviatura, acronimo, riassunto
  • (music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
 abbreviazione

abbreviated adjective

  /əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.tɪd/ , /əˈbɹiːvieɪtɪd/
  • Shortened; made briefer.
  • Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
 abbreviato

abbreviative adjective

  • Tending to abbreviate; condensed.
 abbreviativo
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