Grammatical class
Verb
abréger
to shorten in duration
Details
Syllables
a-bré-ger
Phonetics
a.bʁe.ʒe
Grammatical class
Verb
Freq. (books)
18762
Freq. (movies)
13330
Freq. (news)
27885
Sentences
L'étudiant décida d'abréger son rapport en enlevant les détails inutiles.
The student decided to abridge his paper by taking out unnecessary details.
A1
Les principales façon d’abréger les mots étaient connus dans le monde latin […]
The main ways of abbreviating words were known in the Latin world […]
C2
Catherine, ou Cath pour abréger.
Catherine, or Cath for short.
C2
Pour abréger, nous avons échoué.
Long story short, we failed.
C2