abridgement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English abridge

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English abridgement

From abridge + -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbɹɪd͡ʒ.mənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧bridge‧ment

Noun

abridgement (countable and uncountable, plural abridgements)

1. (chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment.
   • 1960 August, “New Reading on Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 512:

     The work of abridgement has been skilfully done by excluding financial, administrative and general engineering terms.

Translations

abridgment — see abridgment

References

• “abridgement”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

• “abridgement”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.