LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

abbreviātiō

abbreviātiō f (genitive abbreviātiōnis)
Classical[ab.brɛ.wiˈaː.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[ab.bre.viˈat.t͡si.o]

Meaning

  1. EcclesiasticalLatinabridgment, abbreviation, shortening

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabbreviātiō
adbreviātiō
abbreviātiōnēs
adbreviātiōnēs
genitiveabbreviātiōnis
adbreviātiōnis
abbreviātiōnum
adbreviātiōnum
dativeabbreviātiōnī
adbreviātiōnī
abbreviātiōnibus
adbreviātiōnibus
accusativeabbreviātiōnem
adbreviātiōnem
abbreviātiōnēs
adbreviātiōnēs
ablativeabbreviātiōne
adbreviātiōne
abbreviātiōnibus
adbreviātiōnibus
vocativeabbreviātiō
adbreviātiō
abbreviātiōnēs
adbreviātiōnēs

abbrĕviătio, ōnis, f. abbrevio,
I. an abbreviation, a diminution, Vulg. Isa. 10, 23.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin abbreviātiō From abbreviō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalanabreviació
  • Englishabbreviationfrom Middle French abreviation
  • Frenchabréviationfrom Middle French abreviation
  • GermanAbbreviation
  • Italianabbreviazione
  • Portugueseabreviação
  • Romanianabreviație
  • Spanishabreviación
  • Galicianabreviación
  • Malteseabbrevjazzjonifrom Italian abbreviazione

In English words that came into English from abbreviātiō

  • abbreviationabbreviātiō

Quick answers

What does abbreviātiō mean in Latin?
abbreviātiō, a noun, means “abridgment, abbreviation, shortening”.
What is the genitive of abbreviātiō?
The genitive singular is abbreviātiōnis. abbreviātiō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce abbreviātiō?
In classical Latin, [ab.brɛ.wiˈaː.ti.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ab.bre.viˈat.t͡si.o].