Abbreviations in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Abbreviations in the English»French Dictionary

abbreviation [Brit əbriːvɪˈeɪʃ(ə)n, Am əˌbriviˈeɪʃ(ə)n] N

1. abbreviation (short form):

abbreviation

abréviation f

2. abbreviation (process):

abbreviation

raccourcissement m

Translations for Abbreviations in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

abréviation

abbreviation

sigle

abbreviation

Bac + 2/3/4/5

Abbreviations for courses of study successfully completed two, three, four or five years after the baccalauréat, e.g. a maîtrise would be designated as a bac + 4 course of study. The terms feature widely in job advertisements.

BCBG

The abbreviation which is a term in its own right denotes a social type and its associated lifestyle, dress code and linguistic mannerisms which tend to reflect conventional bourgeois or upper middle-class values and tastes. It is not usually intended as a compliment.

Abbreviations in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Abbreviations in the English»French Dictionary

abbreviation [ə·ˌbri·vi·ˈeɪ·ʃ ə n ] N

abbreviation

abréviation f

Translations for Abbreviations in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

abréviation

abbreviation

sigle

abbreviation

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Classic "nomina sacra" abbreviations were employed by the scribe, with the typical linear superscript.

en.wikipedia.org

These alternative names, as well as their respective abbreviations, are frequently used in scientific literature.

en.wikipedia.org

Note that these while these abbreviations are commonly used, the angles associated with these abbreviations vary slightly from manufacturer to manufacturer.

en.wikipedia.org

The letters stand for amino acids and use the traditional one letter abbreviations.

en.wikipedia.org

It consists of 250 or so letters (phonograms), numerals, punctuation marks, formatting marks, contractions, and abbreviations (logograms).

en.wikipedia.org

The information from the various programs are then parsed to remove abbreviations and colloquialisms in order to be compared using a conservative matching algorithm.

en.wikipedia.org

In other cases the abbreviations are written with a capital letter.

en.wikipedia.org

Note that brackets clarify abbreviations and ellipsis marks omitted usage examples.

en.wikipedia.org

Many manufacturers continue to use these de facto standard abbreviations.

en.wikipedia.org

The redundancy may help the listener by providing context and decreasing the alphabet soup quotient, the cryptic overabundance of abbreviations and acronyms, of the communication.

en.wikipedia.org