abbreviator

English

Etymology

From Late Latin abbreviātor. Compare French abbréviateur.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹiː.viˌeɪ.tə/, /-ɛɪ.tə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbɹi.viˌeɪ.təɹ/

Noun

abbreviator (plural abbreviators)

Agent noun of abbreviate; one who abbreviates or shortens. [Early 16^th century.][1]
(historical, Roman Catholicism) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form. [Mid 16^th century.][1]

Translations

one who abbreviates

Arabic: مُخْتَصِر‎ m (muḵtaṣir)
Dutch: afkorter m

Portuguese: abreviador m

papal officer

Portuguese: breviador m

References

“abbreviator” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Latin

Verb

abbreviātor

second-person singular future passive imperative of abbreviō
third-person singular future passive imperative of abbreviō

References

abbreviator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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