abridge

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• Received-Pronunciation: /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/
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• US: /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ/
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• rhymes with -ɪdʒ
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B R IH1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English Affebrigg, from Old English, from Æffa (personal name) + brycg (“bridge”). For the first element see Effingham.

From Middle English abreggen, abregge, abrigge (“curtail, lessen”), from Old French abregier, abreger, from Late Latin abbreviō, abbreviāre (“make brief”). Doublet of abbreviate.

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verkort — to make shorter
• Afrikaans: beperk — to make shorter
• Afrikaans: beknopter maak — to make shorter
• Arabic: قَصَّر (qaṣṣar) — to make shorter
• Belarusian: скарача́ць (skaračácʹ) — to make shorter
• Belarusian: скараці́ць (skaracícʹ) — to make shorter
• Bulgarian: съкращавам (sǎkraštavam) — to make shorter
• Bulgarian: скъсявам (skǎsjavam) — to make shorter
• Czech: zkrátit — to make shorter
• Czech: krátit — to make shorter
• Danish: forkorte — to make shorter
• Danish: sammendrage — to make shorter
• Dutch: beperken — to make shorter
• Dutch: verkorten — to make shorter
• Dutch: inkorten — to make shorter
• Dutch: bekorten — to make shorter
• Finnish: lyhentää — to make shorter
• Finnish: typistää — to make shorter
• Finnish: supistaa — to make shorter
• French: abréger — to make shorter
• German: verkürzen — to make shorter
• German: kürzen — to make shorter
• Ancient Greek: συντέμνω (suntémnō) — to make shorter
• Hungarian: megrövidít — to make shorter
• Hungarian: megkurtít — to make shorter
• Hungarian: rövidít — to make shorter
• Hungarian: kurtít — to make shorter
• Irish: giorraigh — to make shorter
• Italian: accorciare — to make shorter
• Italian: abbreviare — to make shorter
• Italian: ridurre — to make shorter
• Latin: abbreviō — to make shorter
• Māori: whakapoto — to make shorter
• Norwegian Bokmål: forkorte — to make shorter
• Norwegian Bokmål: sammendra — to make shorter
• Portuguese: abreviar — to make shorter
• Portuguese: encurtar — to make shorter
• Russian: сокраща́ть (sokraščátʹ) — to make shorter
• Russian: укора́чивать (ukoráčivatʹ) — to make shorter
• Russian: усека́ть (usekátʹ) — to make shorter
• Scottish Gaelic: giorraich — to make shorter
• Serbo-Croatian: skraćívati — to make shorter
• Serbo-Croatian: skratiti — to make shorter
• Spanish: abreviar — to make shorter
• Spanish: condensar — to make shorter
• Spanish: compendiar — to make shorter
• Ukrainian: скоро́чувати (skoróčuvaty) — to make shorter
• Ukrainian: скороти́ти (skorotýty) — to make shorter
• Belarusian: скарача́ць (skaračácʹ) — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Belarusian: скараці́ць (skaracícʹ) — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Bulgarian: съкращавам (sǎkraštavam) — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Danish: forkorte — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Danish: sammendrage — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Dutch: verkorten — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Dutch: inkorten — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Finnish: lyhentää — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• French: abréger — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• German: verkürzen — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Hungarian: rövidít — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Ido: abreviar — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Interlingua: abbreviar — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Italian: abbreviare — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Māori: whakapoto — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Norwegian Bokmål: forkorte — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Norwegian Bokmål: sammendra — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Portuguese: abreviar — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Portuguese: resumir — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Russian: сокраща́ть (sokraščátʹ) — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Russian: уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Russian: сумми́ровать (summírovatʹ) — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Scottish Gaelic: giorraich — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Serbo-Croatian: skraćívati — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Serbo-Croatian: скраћи́вати — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Spanish: abreviar — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Spanish: resumir — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Ukrainian: скоро́чувати (skoróčuvaty) — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Ukrainian: скороти́ти (skorotýty) — to shorten or contract by using fewer words
• Bulgarian: ограничавам (ograničavam) — to deprive
• Bulgarian: лишавам — to deprive
• Dutch: beroven — to deprive
• Dutch: beknotten — to deprive
• Finnish: riistää — to deprive
• Finnish: viedä — to deprive
• Hungarian: megrövidít — to deprive
• Hungarian: eltulajdonít — to deprive
• Italian: privare — to deprive
• Italian: limitare — to deprive
• Norwegian Bokmål: avkorte — to deprive
• Portuguese: privar — to deprive
• Portuguese: despojar — to deprive
• Russian: уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) — to deprive
• Russian: убавля́ть (ubavljátʹ) — to deprive
• Russian: ограни́чивать (ograníčivatʹ) — to deprive
• Russian: уре́зывать (urézyvatʹ) — to deprive
• Spanish: privar — to deprive