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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
abbreviere + -ing. Verbal noun form of abbreviere (“abbreviate”), 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. Last part from Old Norse -ingr m, -ingi m, -ing f, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abrɛʋɪˈeːrɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɪŋ
- Hyphenation: ab‧bre‧vi‧er‧ing
Noun
abbreviering m (definite singular abbrevieringen, indefinite plural abbrevieringer, definite plural abbrevieringene)
- (typography) an abbreviation; the act of abbreviating
- Synonyms: forkortelse, forkortning
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