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French to English
Larousse
1.abrégé[abreʒe]noun m
♦[d'un texte]summary
♦(soutenu)[livre]abstract, epitome
faire un abrégé de qqch : to make a précis of something
2.en abrégéadj expression
♦[écrire]in brief, in an abridged version
en abrégé, voici ce qui s'est passé : here's what happened in a nutshell
3.abréger[abreʒe]verb trans
♦[interrompre (vacances)]to curtail, to cut short, to shorten
♦[interrompre (vie)]to cut short, to put an (early) end to
abréger les souffrances de qqn : to put an end to somebody's suffering
♦[tronquer (discours)]to cut
♦[tronquer (texte)]to cut, to abridge
♦[tronquer (conversation)]to cut short
♦(soutenu)[tronquer (mot)]to abbreviate, to truncate
♦Other expressions
abrège! : get to the point!
4.pour abrégeradv expression
♦Other expressions
Catherine, ou Cath pour abréger : Catherine, or Cath for short
pour abréger, nous avons échoué : to cut a long story short, we failed
© Larousse, 2007
SYSTRAN Dictionary
1.abrégerverb
♦to shorten
♦to abbreviate
♦to abridge
♦to abstract
♦to condense
♦to curtail
♦to cut
♦to cut short
2.abrégénoun
♦summary
♦abstract
abrégé descriptive : abstract
♦compendium
♦epitome
♦résumé
3.abrégéadj
♦abbreviated
♦abridged
♦compact
♦concise
♦condensed
♦curt
♦shortened
♦summarized
♦terse
© SYSTRAN, 2010
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