abbreviaturen.

Brit.

/əˈbriːvɪətjʊə/,

/əˈbriːvɪətʃə/, U.S.

/əˈbriviəˌtʃʊ(ə)r/,

/əˈbriviətʃər/

Forms: 1500s abbreuiatur (Scottish), 1600s abreuiature, 1600s– abbreviature.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abbreviatura.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin abbreviatura abridgement, epitome (frequently in work titles from the late 15th cent.), written abbreviation (1543 in a British source) < abbreviat- , past participial stem of abbreviare abbreviate v. + classical Latin -ūra -ure suffix¹. Compare Middle French abreviature graphic abbreviation (1529; French abréviation ), Old Occitan abriviadura recording of a public act (1278), Spanish abreviatura (end of the 15th cent.), Portuguese abreviatura (1536), Italian abbreviatura (a1304). Compare earlier abbreviation n.

1. An abbreviated or condensed form of a text, treatment of a subject, etc.; a brief account; an abridgement; a summary. Also figurative: a representation or embodiment of something in miniature; an epitome (epitome n. 2a). Cf. abbreviation n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun]

abbreviationa1464

summary1509

breve1523

bridgement1523

abbreviate1531

summulary1533

breviary1547

extract1549

digest1555

brief1563

promptuary1577

abbreviature1578

institute1578

breviation1580

breviate1581

compendiary1589

symbol1594

ramass1596

compendium1608

abridgement1609

digestment1610

digestion1613

epitome1623

abridge1634

comprisal1640

comprisurea1641

syntome1641

medulla1644

multum in parvo1653

contracta1657

landscape1656

comprehension1659

sylloge1686

contraction1697

résumé1782

compend1796

sum-up1848

roundup1884

wrap-up1960

1578 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 97/2 The abbreuiatur of the samin..Salbe insert in the counsall buik.

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Dying iii. §9. 4 There are certain compendiums or abbreviatures and shortenings of religion, fitted to several states.

1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. i. 2 Man,..the Microcosm, who is the Abbreviature and Compendium of all the Classes of Mundane Beings.

a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 55 To bestow their time in the fathers and councils rather than on compendiums and abbreviatures.

1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) III. vi. 183 It..is indeed little more than an abbreviature of the preceding observation, and the deductions therefrom.

1852 H. N. Hudson Compl. Wks. Shakespeare (1857) VI. 314 The portrait of Queen Margaret, wherein we have, so to speak, an abbreviature and sum-total of nearly all the worst vices of her time.

1928 Speculum 3 464 In this Tree of Jesse the author has found a means of expressing iconographically his special religious teaching... It may be regarded as an abbreviature for those whom he was addressing.

1962 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 44 1590 The compass of this abbreviature precludes an elaborate discussion.

2007 G. Berkemer in J. Rüsen Time & Hist. v. 72 Information about historical facts is omitted in favor of narrative abbreviatures that allow the educated readers of the time to fill the gaps with their own knowledge.

2. = abbreviation n. 2b. Now rare.In quot. a1682 in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > a contracted word

syncope1530

syncopation?1533

abbreviation1576

abbreviature1602

abridgement1612

contract1669

contraction1755

shrivel1873

suspension1896

stump word1922

clipping1933

1602 J. Willis Art Stenogr. i. xiv. sig. C5^v Such Abreuiatures also of a letter for a word haue been and are used in monumentes, noting names and tittles.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 27 The Hand of Providence writes often by Abbreviatures.

1724 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 149 The reading was easy to me, though some abbreviatures stopped me a little.

1770 G. Baretti Journey London to Genoa II. xliii. 108 The abbreviatures of the inscription are in very odd taste.

1829 London Encycl. I. 18/1 Without a key to their abbreviatures their writings are unintelligible.

1869 Overland Monthly Jan. 15/2 M, an abbreviature of mille, was one thousand.

1922 Nelson's New Dict. Eng. Lang. 191/1 M.A., an abbreviature for magister artium, or Master of Arts.

†3. An abbreviated state or condition; esp. in in abbreviature. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 114 Cultus alienus siue extraneus, or Idolatrie, which they commonly express by עז in abbreviature.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Dying i. §4. 35 God in pity..hath reduced our state of misery to an abbreviature.

1797 Encycl. Brit. IV. 120/2 The title of doctor juris utriusque, or legum doctor, usually expressed in abbreviature, L. L.D. or J. U. D.

1845 J. H. Newman in Encycl. Metrop. XIV. 63/2 Underneath are the following words in abbreviature: ‘REGia ACADemia HISTorias LUSITanee’.

†4. = abbreviation n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] > making short or shorter

shortinga1390

abbreviationc1487

decurtation1652

abbreviature1659

shortening1796

apocopation1873

curtailment1878

1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (iii. 7 Annot.) 26/1 The abbreviature or apocope hath no example.

1673 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) Suppl. 131 I must be forced to use summaries and arts of abbreviature in the enumerating those things.

1840 I. Steward Interdict I. vi. 97 Let us go back to Quinny—what delightful abbreviature!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abbreviature
释义	abbreviaturen. Brit. /əˈbriːvɪətjʊə/, /əˈbriːvɪətʃə/, U.S. /əˈbriviəˌtʃʊ(ə)r/, /əˈbriviətʃər/ Forms: 1500s abbreuiatur (Scottish), 1600s abreuiature, 1600s– abbreviature. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abbreviatura. Etymology: < post-classical Latin abbreviatura abridgement, epitome (frequently in work titles from the late 15th cent.), written abbreviation (1543 in a British source) < abbreviat- , past participial stem of abbreviare abbreviate v. + classical Latin -ūra -ure suffix¹. Compare Middle French abreviature graphic abbreviation (1529; French abréviation ), Old Occitan abriviadura recording of a public act (1278), Spanish abreviatura (end of the 15th cent.), Portuguese abreviatura (1536), Italian abbreviatura (a1304). Compare earlier abbreviation n. 1. An abbreviated or condensed form of a text, treatment of a subject, etc.; a brief account; an abridgement; a summary. Also figurative: a representation or embodiment of something in miniature; an epitome (epitome n. 2a). Cf. abbreviation n. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > summary or epitome > [noun] abbreviationa1464 summary1509 breve1523 bridgement1523 abbreviate1531 summulary1533 breviary1547 extract1549 digest1555 brief1563 promptuary1577 abbreviature1578 institute1578 breviation1580 breviate1581 compendiary1589 symbol1594 ramass1596 compendium1608 abridgement1609 digestment1610 digestion1613 epitome1623 abridge1634 comprisal1640 comprisurea1641 syntome1641 medulla1644 multum in parvo1653 contracta1657 landscape1656 comprehension1659 sylloge1686 contraction1697 résumé1782 compend1796 sum-up1848 roundup1884 wrap-up1960 1578 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 97/2 The abbreuiatur of the samin..Salbe insert in the counsall buik. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule of Holy Dying iii. §9. 4 There are certain compendiums or abbreviatures and shortenings of religion, fitted to several states. 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. i. 2 Man,..the Microcosm, who is the Abbreviature and Compendium of all the Classes of Mundane Beings. a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 55 To bestow their time in the fathers and councils rather than on compendiums and abbreviatures. 1818 S. T. Coleridge Friend (new ed.) III. vi. 183 It..is indeed little more than an abbreviature of the preceding observation, and the deductions therefrom. 1852 H. N. Hudson Compl. Wks. Shakespeare (1857) VI. 314 The portrait of Queen Margaret, wherein we have, so to speak, an abbreviature and sum-total of nearly all the worst vices of her time. 1928 Speculum 3 464 In this Tree of Jesse the author has found a means of expressing iconographically his special religious teaching... It may be regarded as an abbreviature for those whom he was addressing. 1962 Jrnl. Farm Econ. 44 1590 The compass of this abbreviature precludes an elaborate discussion. 2007 G. Berkemer in J. Rüsen Time & Hist. v. 72 Information about historical facts is omitted in favor of narrative abbreviatures that allow the educated readers of the time to fill the gaps with their own knowledge. 2. = abbreviation n. 2b. Now rare.In quot. a1682 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > abbreviation or contraction > a contracted word syncope1530 syncopation?1533 abbreviation1576 abbreviature1602 abridgement1612 contract1669 contraction1755 shrivel1873 suspension1896 stump word1922 clipping1933 1602 J. Willis Art Stenogr. i. xiv. sig. C5^v Such Abreuiatures also of a letter for a word haue been and are used in monumentes, noting names and tittles. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 27 The Hand of Providence writes often by Abbreviatures. 1724 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 149 The reading was easy to me, though some abbreviatures stopped me a little. 1770 G. Baretti Journey London to Genoa II. xliii. 108 The abbreviatures of the inscription are in very odd taste. 1829 London Encycl. I. 18/1 Without a key to their abbreviatures their writings are unintelligible. 1869 Overland Monthly Jan. 15/2 M, an abbreviature of mille, was one thousand. 1922 Nelson's New Dict. Eng. Lang. 191/1 M.A., an abbreviature for magister artium, or Master of Arts. †3. An abbreviated state or condition; esp. in in abbreviature. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 114 Cultus alienus siue extraneus, or Idolatrie, which they commonly express by עז in abbreviature. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Dying i. §4. 35 God in pity..hath reduced our state of misery to an abbreviature. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IV. 120/2 The title of doctor juris utriusque, or legum doctor, usually expressed in abbreviature, L. L.D. or J. U. D. 1845 J. H. Newman in Encycl. Metrop. XIV. 63/2 Underneath are the following words in abbreviature: ‘REGia ACADemia HISTorias LUSITanee’. †4. = abbreviation n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > shortness > [noun] > making short or shorter shortinga1390 abbreviationc1487 decurtation1652 abbreviature1659 shortening1796 apocopation1873 curtailment1878 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (iii. 7 Annot.) 26/1 The abbreviature or apocope hath no example. 1673 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year (1678) Suppl. 131 I must be forced to use summaries and arts of abbreviature in the enumerating those things. 1840 I. Steward Interdict I. vi. 97 Let us go back to Quinny—what delightful abbreviature! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1578
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