How to say “abbreviation” in 33 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Dutch, where n is the 35th most used word.
- Albanian jan abbreviation of janar #734
- Arabic اه abbreviation of اِنْتَهَى: used to mark the… #335
- Bengali ডঃ abbreviation of ডক্টর #426
- Bulgarian г-н abbreviation of господи́н #130
- Czech st abbreviation of středa #2,389
- Danish s abbreviation of springer #323
- Dutch n abbreviation of noord; north #35
- English tv Abbreviation of television #764
- Esperanto s abbreviation of ŝi #1,095
- Estonian s abbreviation of sent; cent #646
- Finnish n abbreviation of naiset, used to mark toilets… #227
- French ca abbreviation of circa #182
- Galician s abbreviation of sur #1,135
- German s abbreviation of Süd #74
- Greek κα abbreviation of κυρία: Mrs, Ms #602
- Hebrew ר abbreviation of רַבִּים: pl #177
- Icelandic a abbreviation of austur #213
- Indonesian yg abbreviation of yang #134
- Italian giu alternative form of giu.: abbreviation of… #750
- Korean 여친 syllabic abbreviation of 여자친구 #2,446
- Macedonian г-ѓа abbreviation of госпоѓа #625
- Malay yg abbreviation of yang #289
- Polish sie abbreviation of sierpień or sierpnia #279
- Portuguese d abbreviation of dom #1,614
- Romanian dvs abbreviation of dumneavoastră #569
- Russian п abbreviation of пара́граф #81
- Slovak jan alternative form of jan.: abbreviation of… #1,898
- Slovenian nlp abbreviation of neznani leteči predmet #2,041
- Spanish s abbreviation of sur; south #740
- Swedish dr Dr; abbreviation of doktor #363
- Tagalog s abbreviation of sa: in; on; at #203
- Telugu గీ abbreviation of గీతి #334
- Vietnamese ko abbreviation of không #258
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.