Back Аббревиатура Abkhazian Afkorting Afrikaans Abreviadura AN اختصار (لغة) Arabic Abreviatura AST Abreviatur Azerbaijani Аббревиатура Bashkir Aksara anceng BAN Абрэвіятура Byelorussian Абрэвіятура BE-X-OLD
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An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning "short"[1]) is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method. It may consist of a group of letters or words taken from the full version of the word or phrase; for example, the word abbreviation itself can be abbreviated as abbr., abbrv., or abbrev.. It may also consist of initials only, a mixture of initials and words, or words or letters representing words in another language (for example, e.g., i.e. or RSVP). Some types of abbreviations are acronyms (some pronounceable, some initialisms) or grammatical contractions or crasis.
An abbreviation is a shortening by any of these or other methods.
- ^ "brevis/breve, brevis M". Latin is Simple Online Dictionary. Archived from the original on 29 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.