AB

AB

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ab"

English

Proper noun

AB

1. Abbreviation of Alberta, a province of Canada.

   Coordinate terms: BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT

2. Initialism of Artium baccalaureus.

Noun

AB (countable and uncountable, plural ABs)

1. Initialism of able seaman; able-bodied seaman.
   • Section 2(1), Merchant Shipping (Seafarers) Ordinance (Cap. 478)

     In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires— A.B. means an able-bodied seaman […]

2. Initialism of adult baby.
3. Initialism of afterburner.
4. Initialism of aid to the blind.
5. (military, aviation) Initialism of airbase.
6. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of alkylbenzene.

   Hyponym: LAB

7. (medicine) Initialism of antibody.
8. Initialism of artificial breeding.
9. (law, politics) Initialism of assembly bill.
10. A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.

    Coordinate terms: A, B, O, A+, B+, AB+, O+, A-, B-, AB-, O-

    1. (countable) A person with this blood type.

Related terms

assembly bill

• AR
• HB
• HR
• SB
• SR

 

Adjective

AB (not comparable)

1. Initialism of airborne.
2. Initialism of antiballistic.
3. (baseball) Initialism of at bat.

See also

• AB language
• fast yellow AB

 

References

• “AB”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “AB”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• -ba-, B. A., B.A., BA, Ba, ba, ba'

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

AB m

1. Abbreviation of Anrufbeantworter.
2. (apartment listing) Abbreviation of Altbau.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabe/

Noun

AB (first-person possessive ABku, second-person possessive ABmu, third-person possessive ABnya)

1. (finance, government, management) Initialism of anggaran belanja.
2. Initialism of arah benar.
3. (military) Initialism of angkatan bersenjata.
4. (business, management) Initialism of administrasi bisnis.
5. (hematology) AB: A blood type of the ABO system that has both blood antigens and may receive all blood types, and donate to AB.

Further reading

• “AB” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e.bi]
• Hyphenation: A‧B
• Rhymes: -bi

Noun

AB

1. (biology) the blood type AB
2. Initialism of anggaran belanja (“expense estimate”).

References

• “AB” in Kamus Dewan Perdana, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2021, →ISBN, page 1.

Further reading

• “AB” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Romanian

Proper noun

AB

1. Abbreviation of Alba, a county in Romania.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Ab (Finland Swedish, only in the sense "aktiebolag" below)

Noun

AB

1. the blood type AB
2. Abbreviation of aktiebolag. (corporation; stock company; public limited company)

Anagrams

• ba

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Turkish

Noun

AB

1. the blood type AB

Proper noun

AB

1. (politics) Initialism of Avrupa Birliği (European Union)