How to say “abbreviation” in 33 different 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.
Abbreviation in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian jan/jan/ abbreviation of janar #734
- Arabic اه abbreviation of اِنْتَهَى: used to mark the… #335
- Bengali ডঃ/ɖokʈoɾ/ abbreviation of ডক্টর #426
- Bulgarian г-н[ɡospoˈdin] abbreviation of господи́н #130
- Czech st[ˈstr̝̊ɛda] abbreviation of středa #2,389
- Danish s/ˈɛs/ abbreviation of springer #323
- Dutch n/ˈɛn/ abbreviation of noord; north #35
- English tv/tivi/ Abbreviation of television #764
- Esperanto s/ˈso/ abbreviation of ŝi #1,095
- Estonian s/ˈesː/ abbreviation of sent; cent #646
- Finnish n/n/ abbreviation of naiset, used to mark toilets… #227
- French ca/se.a/ abbreviation of circa #182
- Galician s abbreviation of sur #1,135
- German s/ˈɛs/ abbreviation of Süd #74
- Greek κα/ˈka/ abbreviation of κυρία: Mrs, Ms #602
- Hebrew ר/ʁ/ abbreviation of רַבִּים: pl #177
- Icelandic a[ˈaː] abbreviation of austur #213
- Indonesian yg/jɡ/ abbreviation of yang #134
- Italian giu/ˈdʒu/ alternative form of giu.: abbreviation of… #750
- Korean 여친[jʌ̹t͡ɕʰin] syllabic abbreviation of 여자친구 #2,446
- Macedonian г-ѓа/gɐ/ abbreviation of госпоѓа #625
- Malay yg abbreviation of yang #289
- Polish sie abbreviation of sierpień or sierpnia #279
- Portuguese d/ˈde/ abbreviation of dom #1,614
- Romanian dvs/ˌdeˌveˈse/ abbreviation of dumneavoastră #569
- Russian п abbreviation of пара́граф #81
- Slovak jan/ˈjan/ alternative form of jan.: abbreviation of… #1,898
- Slovenian nlp/nələpə́/ abbreviation of neznani leteči predmet #2,041
- Spanish s/ˈɛse/ abbreviation of sur; south #740
- Swedish dr/ˌdeːˈɛr/ Dr; abbreviation of doktor #363
- Tagalog s/sa/ abbreviation of sa: in; on; at #203
- Telugu గీ/ɡiː/ abbreviation of గీతి #334
- Vietnamese ko abbreviation of không #258
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0), Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.