abbreviere

Latin

Verb

abbreviēre

second-person singular present passive subjunctive of abbreviō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abbreviāre, present active infinitive of abbreviō (“I shorten, abbreviate, abridge”), from both ad- (“to”), from ad (“to, towards, up to”), from Proto-Italic *ad (“toward, to, on, up to, for”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”) + and from breviō (“I shorten, abbreviate, abridge”), from both brevis (“short, small; brief, low”), from Proto-Italic *breɣʷis (“short, small”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (“short, brief”), from *mreǵʰ- (“short”) + and from -ō, from Proto-Italic *-āō or *-aēō, from Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂-yé-ti, from *-eh₂ + *-yéti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /abrɛʋɪˈeːrə/
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Rhymes: -eːrə
Hyphenation: ab‧bre‧vi‧e‧re

Verb

abbreviere (passive abbrevieres, imperative abbrevier, present tense abbrevierer, simple past abbrevierte, past participle abbreviert, present participle abbrevierende, verbal noun abbreviering)

(typography, transitive) to abbreviate (to reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form)
- 1877, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter V,2, page 182:
  jeg [har kun] havt abbrevierede afskrivter at gaae efter
  I [have only] had abbreviated transcripts to go after
Synonym: forkorte

Related terms

abbreviatur (“ligature, abbreviation”)
abbreviasjon (“abbreviation, shortening”)
abbreviator (“abbreviator”)

References

“abbreviere” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“abbreviere” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
“abbreviere” in Store norske leksikon