abbreviatur

Latin

Verb

abbreviātur

1. third-person singular present passive indicative of abbreviō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abrɛʋɪaˈtʉːr/

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• Rhymes: -ʉːr
• Hyphenation: ab‧bre‧vi‧a‧tur

Noun

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)

See also

• abbreviere (“abbreviate”), abbreviator (“abbreviator”)

References

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