Abbreviations Used in the
Dictionary
As far as possible the devices used in the Dictionary are conventional
or self-explanatory. Abbreviations have only been employed for grammatical and lexical
labels of very frequent occurrence. Those which occur mostly attached to international
entries are abbreviations of international, not of English, words. A complete list, with
explanations in English, follows:
[A] |
English |
[Acad.] |
Academy, academic |
acc. |
accusative |
[Acous.] |
Acoustics |
adj |
adjective |
[admin.] |
Administration |
adv |
adverb |
[Aeronaut.] |
Aeronautics |
[Agr.] |
Agriculture |
[Alchem.] |
Alchemy |
[Alg.] |
Algebra |
[Amh.] |
Amharic |
[Anat.] |
Anatomy |
[Anc.] |
Ancient |
[Anthropol.] |
Anthropology |
[Antiq.] |
Antiquity |
[Ar.] |
Arabic |
[Arch.] |
Architecture |
[Archaeol.] |
Archaeology |
[Arith.] |
Arithmetic |
art |
article |
[Artil.] |
Artillery |
[Astrol] |
Astrology |
[Astron.] |
Astronomy |
attrib |
attributive |
[Bacteriol.] |
Bacteriology |
[Bank.] |
Banking |
[Bib.] |
Biblical |
[Bibliog.] |
Bibliography |
[Biochem.] |
Biochemistry |
[Biol.] |
Biology |
[Bot.] |
Botany |
[Carp.] |
Carpentry |
[Ch.] |
Church |
[Chem.] |
Chemistry, chemical |
[Chronol.] |
Chronology |
Civ |
Civil |
Class |
Classical |
[Com.] |
Commerce, commercial |
cond |
conditional |
conj |
conjunction |
[Constr.] |
Construction |
[Cryst.] |
Crystallography |
[Cz.] |
Czech |
def |
definite |
dem |
demonstrative |
[Dent.] |
Dentistry |
[Dipl.] |
Diplomacy |
[Eccl.] |
Ecclesiastic |
[Econ.] |
Economics |
Egypt |
Egyptian |
[Egyptol.] |
Egyptology |
[Elec] |
Electricity, electrical |
[Embryol] |
Embryology |
[Engin.] |
Engineering |
Engl |
English |
[Entom.] |
Entomology |
[Equit.] |
Equitation |
[Esp.] |
Esperanto |
esp |
especially |
etc. |
etcetera; as a contional symbol in lists of derived formations: “and
other compounds of the same pattern.” |
Eur |
European |
[Ethnol.] |
Ethnology |
[F] |
French |
fem |
feminine |
[Fin.] |
Finance |
[Flem.] |
Flemish |
[Fortif.] |
Fortification |
[F] |
French |
fut |
future |
[G] |
German |
[Geog.] |
Geography |
[Geol.] |
Geology |
[Geom.] |
Geometry |
Germ |
German |
[Gov.] |
Government |
[Gr.] |
Greek |
[Gram.] |
Grammar |
[Gr.Orth.Ch.] |
Greek Orthodox Church |
[Gun.] |
Gunnery |
[H] |
Spanish |
[Heb.] |
Hebrew |
[Her.] |
Heraldry |
[Hind.] |
Hindustani |
[Hist.] |
History, historical |
[Hort.] |
Horticulture |
[Hu.] |
Hungarian |
[Hypnot.] |
Hypnotism |
[I] |
Italian |
[Icel.] |
Icelandic |
[Ichthyol.] |
Ichthyology |
impers |
impersonal |
[I.N.] |
Idiom Neutral |
indef |
indefinite |
inf |
infinitive |
[Ins.] |
Insurance |
interj |
interjection |
[Interling.] |
Interlingua, interlinguistic |
Internat |
International |
interr |
interrogative |
[Ir.] |
Irish |
Ital |
Italian |
[J] |
Japanese |
[Journ.] |
Journalism |
[L] |
Latin |
[Lit.] |
Literature |
[LsF] |
Latino sine Flexione |
[Mach.] |
Machinery |
[Magnet.] |
Magnetism |
[Mal.] |
Malay |
[Man.] |
Manège |
Manuf |
Manufacture |
masc |
masculine |
[Math.] |
Mathematics |
[Meas.] |
Measures |
[Mech.] |
Mechanics |
[Med.] |
Medicine |
[Metal.] |
Metallurgy |
[Metaph.] |
Metaphysics |
[Meteorol.] |
Meteorology |
[Mil.] |
Military |
[Mineral.] |
Mineralogy |
[Moham.] |
Mohammedan |
[Monet.] |
Monetary |
[Mus.] |
Music |
[Mythol.] |
Mythology |
n |
noun, substantive |
Nat |
Nature, natural |
[Naut.] |
Nautical |
[Nav.] |
Navigation |
nf |
feminine noun |
[NL] |
Neo-Latin |
nm |
masculine noun |
[Nor.] |
Norwegian |
[Nov.] |
Novial |
npl |
plural noun |
npr |
proper noun |
nprf |
feminine proper name |
nprm |
masculine proper name |
nprpl |
plural proper name |
[Numis.] |
Numismatics |
[Opt.] |
Optics, optical |
[Ordn.] |
Ordnance |
[Ornith.] |
Ornithology |
[P] |
Portuguese |
[Paint.] |
Painting |
[Paleog.] |
Paleography |
[Paleontol.] |
Paleontology |
[Parl.] |
Parliament, parliamentary |
part |
particle |
pass |
past |
[Pathol.] |
Pathology |
pers |
person, personal |
[Pharm.] |
Pharmacy, Pharmacology |
[Philol.] |
Philology |
[Philos.] |
Philosophy |
[Phonet.] |
Phonetics |
[Photog.] |
Photography |
[Phys.] |
Physics |
[Physiol.] |
Physiology |
pl |
plural |
[Poet.] |
Poetry, poetic |
[Pol.] |
Politics |
poss |
possessive |
pp |
past participle |
ppr |
present participle |
pr |
present |
prep |
preposition |
[Print] |
Printing |
pron |
pronoun |
[Pros.] |
Prosody |
Prot |
Protestant |
[Psychol.] |
Psychology |
[Psychopathol.] |
Psychopathology |
[R] |
Russian |
[R.C.Ch.] |
Roman Catholic Church |
refl |
reflexive |
[Relig.] |
Religion |
rel |
relative |
[Rhet.] |
Rhetoric |
Rom |
Roman |
[R.R.] |
Railroads |
[Sci.] |
Science |
[Sculp.] |
Sculpture |
[Skr.] |
Sanskrit |
[Sociol.] |
Sociology |
specif |
specifically |
subj |
subjunctive |
[Surg.] |
Surgery |
[Surv.] |
Surveying |
[Tail.] |
Tailoring |
[Technol.] |
Technology |
[Teleg.] |
Telegraphy |
[Teleph.] |
Telephony |
[Theat.] |
Theater, theatrical |
[Theol.] |
Theology |
[Topog.] |
Topography |
[Trig.] |
Trigonometry |
[Tu.] |
Turkish |
[Typog.] |
Typography |
[Univ.] |
University, Universities |
[U.S.S.R.] |
Union of Socialist Soviet Republics |
v |
verb |
[Veter.] |
Veterinary |
[Vol.] |
Volapuk |
[Zool.] |
Zoology |
& |
and; as a conventional symbol in lists of derived formations: “and
further derivatives listed as an independent group under the keyword cited.” |
1me |
first |
... |
as a conventional symbol in lists of derived formations: “and
further derivatives intentionally omitted from this Dictionary.” |
[ ] |
as a conventional symbol enclosing entry words: “not incompatible
with the vocabulary of this Dictionary but taken from another auxiliary-language system.” |
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