ABBREVIATIONES USATE IN LE DICTIONARIO

Abbreviations Used in the Dictionary As far as possible the devices used in the Dictionary are conventional or self-explanatory. Abbreviations have only been employed for grammatical and lexical labels of very frequent occurrence. Those which occur mostly attached to international entries are abbreviations of international, not of English, words. A complete list, with explanations in English, follows: [A] English [Acad.] Academy, academic acc. accusative [Acous.] Acoustics adj adjective [admin.] Administration adv adverb [Aeronaut.] Aeronautics [Agr.] Agriculture [Alchem.] Alchemy [Alg.] Algebra [Amh.] Amharic [Anat.] Anatomy [Anc.] Ancient [Anthropol.] Anthropology [Antiq.] Antiquity [Ar.] Arabic [Arch.] Architecture [Archaeol.] Archaeology [Arith.] Arithmetic art article [Artil.] Artillery [Astrol] Astrology [Astron.] Astronomy attrib attributive [Bacteriol.] Bacteriology [Bank.] Banking [Bib.] Biblical [Bibliog.] Bibliography [Biochem.] Biochemistry [Biol.] Biology [Bot.] Botany [Carp.] Carpentry [Ch.] Church [Chem.] Chemistry, chemical [Chronol.] Chronology Civ Civil Class Classical [Com.] Commerce, commercial cond conditional conj conjunction [Constr.] Construction [Cryst.] Crystallography [Cz.] Czech def definite dem demonstrative [Dent.] Dentistry [Dipl.] Diplomacy [Eccl.] Ecclesiastic [Econ.] Economics Egypt Egyptian [Egyptol.] Egyptology [Elec] Electricity, electrical [Embryol] Embryology [Engin.] Engineering Engl English [Entom.] Entomology [Equit.] Equitation [Esp.] Esperanto esp especially etc. etcetera; as a contional symbol in lists of derived formations: “and other compounds of the same pattern.” Eur European [Ethnol.] Ethnology [F] French fem feminine [Fin.] Finance [Flem.] Flemish [Fortif.] Fortification [F] French fut future [G] German [Geog.] Geography [Geol.] Geology [Geom.] Geometry Germ German [Gov.] Government [Gr.] Greek [Gram.] Grammar [Gr.Orth.Ch.] Greek Orthodox Church [Gun.] Gunnery [H] Spanish [Heb.] Hebrew [Her.] Heraldry [Hind.] Hindustani [Hist.] History, historical [Hort.] Horticulture [Hu.] Hungarian [Hypnot.] Hypnotism [I] Italian [Icel.] Icelandic [Ichthyol.] Ichthyology impers impersonal [I.N.] Idiom Neutral indef indefinite inf infinitive [Ins.] Insurance interj interjection [Interling.] Interlingua, interlinguistic Internat International interr interrogative [Ir.] Irish Ital Italian [J] Japanese [Journ.] Journalism [L] Latin [Lit.] Literature [LsF] Latino sine Flexione [Mach.] Machinery [Magnet.] Magnetism [Mal.] Malay [Man.] Manège Manuf Manufacture masc masculine [Math.] Mathematics [Meas.] Measures [Mech.] Mechanics [Med.] Medicine [Metal.] Metallurgy [Metaph.] Metaphysics [Meteorol.] Meteorology [Mil.] Military [Mineral.] Mineralogy [Moham.] Mohammedan [Monet.] Monetary [Mus.] Music [Mythol.] Mythology n noun, substantive Nat Nature, natural [Naut.] Nautical [Nav.] Navigation nf feminine noun [NL] Neo-Latin nm masculine noun [Nor.] Norwegian [Nov.] Novial npl plural noun npr proper noun nprf feminine proper name nprm masculine proper name nprpl plural proper name [Numis.] Numismatics [Opt.] Optics, optical [Ordn.] Ordnance [Ornith.] Ornithology [P] Portuguese [Paint.] Painting [Paleog.] Paleography [Paleontol.] Paleontology [Parl.] Parliament, parliamentary part particle pass past [Pathol.] Pathology pers person, personal [Pharm.] Pharmacy, Pharmacology [Philol.] Philology [Philos.] Philosophy [Phonet.] Phonetics [Photog.] Photography [Phys.] Physics [Physiol.] Physiology pl plural [Poet.] Poetry, poetic [Pol.] Politics poss possessive pp past participle ppr present participle pr present prep preposition [Print] Printing pron pronoun [Pros.] Prosody Prot Protestant [Psychol.] Psychology [Psychopathol.] Psychopathology [R] Russian [R.C.Ch.] Roman Catholic Church refl reflexive [Relig.] Religion rel relative [Rhet.] Rhetoric Rom Roman [R.R.] Railroads [Sci.] Science [Sculp.] Sculpture [Skr.] Sanskrit [Sociol.] Sociology specif specifically subj subjunctive [Surg.] Surgery [Surv.] Surveying [Tail.] Tailoring [Technol.] Technology [Teleg.] Telegraphy [Teleph.] Telephony [Theat.] Theater, theatrical [Theol.] Theology [Topog.] Topography [Trig.] Trigonometry [Tu.] Turkish [Typog.] Typography [Univ.] University, Universities [U.S.S.R.] Union of Socialist Soviet Republics v verb [Veter.] Veterinary [Vol.] Volapuk [Zool.] Zoology & and; as a conventional symbol in lists of derived formations: “and further derivatives listed as an independent group under the keyword cited.” 1me first ... as a conventional symbol in lists of derived formations: “and further derivatives intentionally omitted from this Dictionary.” [ ] as a conventional symbol enclosing entry words: “not incompatible with the vocabulary of this Dictionary but taken from another auxiliary-language system.”