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abréger
to cut something short

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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abréger [abʀeʒe] VB trans

1. abréger (rendre court):

abréger mot, expression
to shorten
abréger texte, discours
to summarize
abréger ‘télévision’ en ‘télé’
to shorten ‘television’ to ‘TV’
donner une version abrégée de qc
to give an abridged version of sth
donner qc sous une forme abrégée terme
to give sth in abbreviated form
donner qc sous une forme abrégée texte
to give sth in summarized form

2. abréger (rendre bref):

abréger
to cut short [sth]
j'ai dû abréger ma visite
I had to cut short my visit
une crise cardiaque a abrégé sa carrière
a heart attack cut short his career
abrège inf!
keep it short!
abréger les souffrances de qn
to put an end to sb's suffering
disons, pour abréger, qu'ils se séparent
to cut a long story short, let's just say they are separating Brit
disons, pour abréger, qu'ils se séparent
to make a long story short, let's just say they are separating Am
abréger les souffrances d'un animal
to put an animal out of its misery
abréger le deuil
to cut short a period of mourning
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abbreviate
abréger (to en)
abridge
abréger
cut short
abréger
apocopate
abréger par apocope
shorten visit, life
abréger
shorten draft, talk, book
raccourcir, abréger
to put sb out of their misery (kill) euph
abréger les souffrances de qn euph

in the PONS Dictionary

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abréger <2aé 5> [abʀeʒe] VB trans

abréger qc souffrances, rencontre
to cut sth short
abréger qc mot, texte
to abbreviate sth
English
English
French
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abbreviate
abréger
shorten story
abréger
to abridge a book/script
abréger un livre/scénario
to put sb out of their misery
abréger les souffrances de qn
to cut short
abréger
in the PONS Dictionary
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abréger [abʀeʒe] VB trans

abréger qc souffrances, rencontre
to cut sth short
abréger qc mot, texte
to abbreviate sth
English
English
French
French
abbreviate
abréger
shorten story
abréger
to abridge a book/script
abréger un livre/scénario
to put sb out of their misery
abréger les souffrances de qn
to cut short
abréger
Présent
j'abrège
tuabrèges
il/elle/onabrège
nousabrégeons
vousabrégez
ils/ellesabrègent
Imparfait
j'abrégeais
tuabrégeais
il/elle/onabrégeait
nousabrégions
vousabrégiez
ils/ellesabrégeaient
Passé simple
j'abrégeai
tuabrégeas
il/elle/onabrégea
nousabrégeâmes
vousabrégeâtes
ils/ellesabrégèrent
Futur simple
j'abrègerai / OT abrégerai
tuabrègeras / OT abrégeras
il/elle/onabrègera / OT abrégera
nousabrègerons / OT abrégerons
vousabrègerez / OT abrégerez
ils/ellesabrègeront / OT abrégeront
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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

abréger qc souffrances, rencontre
to cut sth short
abréger qc mot, texte
to abbreviate sth

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Elle doit pouvoir l'abréger quand c'est la volonté de la personne.
fr.wikipedia.org
Des retards (l'éditeur meurt prématurément) permettront une parution abrégée en 1615 puis plus complète en 1651.
fr.wikipedia.org
On appelle un plat complet formé par un bol de riz et un accompagnement le surmontant un donburi (丼, littéralement « bol », fréquemment abrégé en don).
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Les titres de personnes peuvent être abrégés ou supprimés.
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