abbreviatur

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Latin

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Verb

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abbreviātur

  1. third-person singular present passive indicative of abbreviō

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German Abbreviatur (abbreviation), from Medieval Latin abbreviātūra (abbreviature, abbreviation), from Latin brevis (short, small; brief, low).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /abrɛʋɪaˈtʉːr/
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  • Rhymes: -ʉːr
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bre‧vi‧a‧tur

Noun

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abbreviatur m (definite singular abbreviaturen, indefinite plural abbreviaturer, definite plural abbreviaturene)

  1. (linguistics, typography) a ligature, abbreviation (in older manuscripts and printed books)
    Synonym: abbreviasjon
    oppløse abbreviaturene i et middelaldermanuskript
    dissolve the ligatures in a medieval manuscript
    • 1885, Gustav Storm, En Tale mod Biskoperne XVI:
      abbreviaturerne er opløste
      the abbreviations are dissolved
    • 1943, Wilhelm Munthe, Boknåm, page 29:
      sammenskriving av enkelte bokstavforbindelser (ligaturer) og forkortingstegn (abbreviaturer)
      compilation of some letter compounds (ligatures) and abbreviations (abbreviation)
    • 2001 January 7, cas.uio.no:
      middelalderhåndskrifter har ofte et stort innslag av abbreviaturer
      medieval manuscripts often have a large number of abbreviations
  2. (music) an abbreviation or ligature (a notation used in music score to denote a direction; one or more dashes through the stem of a note)

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