abrewiatura

See also: abrewiaturą

Polish

Alternative forms

• abrewjatura (pre-reform orthography (1936))

Etymology

Borrowed from German Abbreviatur, from Latin abbreviātūra. First attested in 1594.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.brɛ.vjaˈtu.ra/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /a.brɛ.vjaˈtu.ra/

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: a‧bre‧wia‧tu‧ra

Noun

abrewiatura f

1. (palaeography) scribal abbreviation (abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in various languages, including Latin, Greek, Old English, and Old Norse)

   Synonym: abrewiacja

2. (music) abbreviation (one or more dashes through the stem of a note)
3. (Middle Polish) abbreviation, shortening

   Synonym: skrót

Declension

Declension of abrewiatura

	singular	plural
nominative	abrewiatura	abrewiatury
genitive	abrewiatury	abrewiatur
dative	abrewiaturze	abrewiaturom
accusative	abrewiaturę	abrewiatury
instrumental	abrewiaturą	abrewiaturami
locative	abrewiaturze	abrewiaturach
vocative	abrewiaturo	abrewiatury

Related terms

adjective

• abrewiacyjny

 

noun

• abrewiacja
• abrewiator
• abrewiologia

 

verb

• (Middle Polish) abrewiować impf

 

Further reading

• abrewiatura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “abrewjatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “abrewjatura”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 3
• abrewiatura in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego