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