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21 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• abbreviation n. The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
• abbreviation n. (Linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing…
• abbreviation n. The process of abbreviating.
• abbreviation n. (Music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
• abbreviation n. (Music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers…
• abbreviation n. Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
• abbreviation n. (Biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
• abbreviation n. (Mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.

— English words, defined in German —

• abbreviation S. Abkürzung (eines Wortes), Kürzel, Kurzzeichen.
• abbreviation S. Literatur: gekürzte Version eines Gesamtwerkes.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• abbreviation n. (Taalkunde) afkorting.

— English word, defined in French —

• abbreviation n. Abréviation, sigle, acronyme.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• abbreviation s. Abreviatura, abreviación.
• abbreviation s. Resumen, condensación.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• abbreviation s. Abreviatura.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• abbreviation s. Abbreviazione.

— In German —

• Abbreviation S. Veraltend, Linguistik: in Schrift oder Druck abgekürztes Wort.
• Abbreviation S. Zoologie: Verkürzung der Individualentwicklung eines Individuums…
• Abbreviation S. Musik: Verkürzung einer Notenschrift oder einer Vortragsbezeichnung.
• Abbreviation S. Musik: Zeichen für Verzierungen in der Notation.

— In French —

• abbréviation n.f. Abréviation.

57 English words from 8 English definitions

abbreviating abridgment ancestral Any Biology contracted convenient dashes denote direction dividing during evolution final for form fraction inferred into Linguistics Loss lower Mathematics more music notation note of␣a One ontogenetic pattern phrase process quavers reducing Reduction represent respectively result score semiquavers short shortened shortening short␣form stages stem substitution terms the through understood used used␣to utilizing whole word

5 English words from 13 foreign definitions

der Individuums Notation Version Wort

31 foreign words from 13 foreign definitions

Abbreviazione abgekürztes Abkürzung abreviación Abréviation Abreviatura acronyme afkorting condensación Druck einer eines für gekürzte Kürzel Linguistik Literatur Musik Notenschrift oder Resumen Schrift sigle Taalkunde Veraltend Verkürzung Verzierungen Vortragsbezeichnung Wortes Zeichen Zoologie

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

abbreviations abbreviationitis

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

syllabic␣abbreviations

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

syllabic␣abbreviation

27 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

abb abb. abbr abbr. abbrev abbrev. -ation Bre BrE brev brevi- breviation IAT ion Ion -ion rev Rev rev. Rev. tio Tio tion -tion via Via viâ

26 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AIV A-IV BBA B.B.A. Erb 'erb ita ITA ive Ive -ive I've iver Iver NOI noit OIt OIT Oita Ōita tai Tai TAI ver ver. verb

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

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