| a |
ante (before) |
| abbr(s) |
abbreviated, abbreviation(s) |
| absol |
absolute(ly) |
| acc |
[date of] access |
| ADD |
Wentworth American Dialect Dictionary |
| addit |
additional |
| adj(s) |
adjectival, adjective(s) |
| adv(s) |
adverb(s), adverbial |
| advt |
advertisement |
| Afr |
African |
| AHD |
American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |
| alter(s) |
alteration(s) |
| Amer |
America(n), Americana |
| AmFr |
American French |
| AmInd |
American Indian (language) |
| AmPort |
American Portuguese (language) |
| AmSp |
American Speech |
| AmSpan |
American Spanish (language) |
| AND |
Ramson Australian National Dictionary |
| aphet |
aphetic |
| app |
appendix |
| appar |
apparently |
| approx |
approximately |
| Apr |
April |
| arch |
archaic |
| art |
article |
| assoc |
associate(d), association |
| Atl |
Atlantic |
| attrib |
attribution, attributive(ly) |
| Aug |
August |
| Austr |
Australia(n) |
| aux |
auxiliary |
| Brit |
Britain, British |
| c |
circa |
| c |
central |
| CanEngl |
Canadian English |
| CanFr |
Canadian French |
| cap |
capital |
| CB |
citizens band |
| cent |
central |
| cent(s) |
century (-ies) |
| coll |
college |
| Coll. |
collection, collected |
| colloq |
colloquial |
| comb(s) |
combination(s) |
| comm(s) |
community (-ies) |
| compar |
comparative |
| Cong |
Congress |
| conj |
conjunction |
| constr(s) |
construction(s) |
| contr |
contraction |
| conv |
conversation |
| corr |
corrected |
| DA |
Mathews Dictionary of Americanisms |
| DAE |
Craigie–Hulbert Dictionary of American English |
| Dan |
Danish |
| DARE |
Cassidy–Hall Dictionary of American Regional English |
| DAS |
Wentworth–Flexner Dictionary of American Slang |
| DBE |
Holm–Shilling Dictionary of Bahamian English |
| DCan |
Avis et al. Dictionary of Canadianisms |
| DCEU |
Allsopp Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage |
| Dec |
December |
| def art |
definite article |
| Delmarva |
DE, eMD, eVA |
| derog |
derogatory |
| dial(s) |
dialect(s), dialectal |
| dimin(s) |
diminutive(s) |
| DJE |
Cassidy–LePage Dictionary of Jamaican English |
| DNE |
Story et al. Dictionary of Newfoundland English |
| DNZE |
Orsman Dictionary of New Zealand English |
| doc |
document(ary) |
| DOST |
Craigie Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue |
| DPEIE |
Pratt Dictionary of Prince Edward Island English |
| Dr |
Doctor |
| DS |
Data Summary |
| DSL |
Jamieson Dictionary of the Scottish Language |
| DSME |
Montgomery–Hall Dictionary of Smoky Mountain English |
| Du |
Dutch |
| e |
east(ern) |
| ed(s) |
edited, edition, editor(s), editorial |
| EDD |
Wright English Dialect Dictionary |
| EDG |
Wright English Dialect Grammar |
| educ |
educated, education(al) |
| EModE |
Early Modern English |
| Engl |
England, English |
| esp |
especially |
| et al |
et alii (and others) |
| etc |
et cetera (and so forth) |
| etym(s) |
etymological, etymology (-ies) |
| euphem(s) |
euphemism(s), euphemistic(ally) |
| ex(x) |
example(s) |
| exc |
except |
| exclam |
exclamation, exclamatory |
| ext |
extension |
| eye-dial |
eye-dialect |
| f(f) |
and following |
| Feb |
February |
| fem |
feminine |
| fig |
figure |
| fig |
figurative(ly) |
| folk-etym |
folk-etymological, folk-etymology |
| foll |
follow(s), followed, following |
| Fr |
French |
| FrCan |
French Canadian (people) |
| freq |
frequent(ly) |
| FW(s) |
fieldworker(s) |
| Ger |
German |
| Gk |
Greek |
| gov |
governor |
| gram |
grammatical |
| gs |
grade school |
| Haw |
Hawaiian |
| Heb |
Hebrew |
| hist |
historic, historical(ly) |
| hs |
high school |
| ibid |
ibidem (in the same place) |
| ie |
id est (that is) |
| illustr |
illustration |
| imper |
imperative(ly) |
| in |
inch |
| inc |
incorporated |
| Ind |
Indian |
| indef art |
indefinite |
| inf(s) |
informant(s) |
| infin |
infinitive |
| infl |
influence(d) |
| infreq |
infrequent(ly) |
| interrog |
interrogative(ly) |
| intj |
interjection |
| intr |
intransitive(ly) |
| intro |
introduction |
| Ir |
Irish |
| is |
island(s) |
| Ital |
Italian |
| Jan |
January |
| joc |
jocular(ly) |
| LaFr |
Louisiana French |
| LANE |
Kurath Linguistic Atlas of New England |
| lang(s) |
language(s) |
| Lat |
Latin |
| LAUM |
Allen Linguistic Atlas of the Upper Midwest |
| m |
meter(s) |
| Mar |
March |
| masc |
masculine |
| ME |
Middle English (in etymologies; elsewhere = Maine) |
| MED |
Kurath Middle English Dictionary |
| metath |
metathesis, metathetic(ally) |
| MexSpan |
Mexican Spanish |
| mid |
middle |
| mid-aged |
middle-aged |
| midwest |
midwestern |
| misc |
miscellaneous, miscellany (-ies) |
| Missip |
Mississippi |
| mod |
modern |
| ModE |
Modern English |
| ms(s) |
manuscript(s) |
| mt(s) |
mount, mountain(s) |
| n |
noun |
| n |
north(ern) |
| N Amer |
North America(n) |
| natl |
national |
| naut |
nautical |
| NB |
New Brunswick |
| nd |
no date |
| ne |
northeast(ern) |
| NEast |
northeast |
| neg |
negative |
| NEng |
New England |
| Nfld |
Newfoundland |
| no(s) |
number(s) |
| non-std |
nonstandard |
| Norw |
Norwegian |
| Nov |
November |
| np |
no page |
| ns |
new series |
| nth(n) |
north(ern) |
| nw |
northwest(ern) |
| NYC |
New York City |
| NZ |
New Zealand |
| obs |
obsolete |
| occas |
occasional(ly) |
| Oct |
October |
| OE |
Old English |
| OED |
Murray et al. Oxford English Dictionary |
| OED2 |
Simpson–Weiner Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed |
| OEDS |
Burchfield Oxford English Dictionary Supplement |
| old-fash |
old-fashioned |
| orig |
origin, original(ly) |
| p(p) |
page(s); post (after) |
| PaGer |
Pennsylvania German |
| perf |
perfect |
| perh |
perhaps |
| pers |
person |
| phr(r) |
phrase(s) |
| pl |
plate |
| pl |
plural |
| Pol |
Polish |
| Port |
Portuguese |
| ppl |
participial |
| pple(s) |
participle(s) |
| pref |
prefix |
| prep(s) |
preposition(s) |
| pres |
present |
| prob |
probable, probably |
| pron |
pronoun |
| pronc(s) |
pronounced, pronouncing, pronunciation(s) |
| pronc-sp(p) |
pronunciation-spelling(s) |
| pt(s) |
part(s) |
| qq |
questions |
| QR |
questionnaire |
| qu |
question |
| quot(s) |
quotation(s) |
| r |
recto |
| R |
river |
| ref(s) |
refer, reference(s) |
| refl |
reflexive |
| rel |
related |
| resp(s) |
response(s) |
| rev(s) |
review(s); revised, revision |
| Russ |
Russian |
| s |
south(ern) |
| Scan |
Scandinavian |
| Scotl |
Scotland |
| Scots |
Scottish |
| se |
southeast(ern) |
| sec(s) |
section(s) |
| Sept |
September |
| ser |
series |
| sess |
session |
| sg |
singular |
| sig |
signature |
| SND |
Grant Scottish National Dictionary |
| Span |
Spanish |
| spec |
specific(ally) |
| sp-pronc(s) |
spelling-pronunciation(s) |
| std |
standard |
| StdE |
Standard English |
| sth(n) |
south(ern) |
| subsp(p) |
subspecies |
| suff |
suffix |
| sugg |
suggest(ed), suggestion |
| superl |
superlative |
| suppl |
supplement |
| sw |
southwest(ern) |
| Sw |
Swedish |
| syll |
syllable |
| terr |
territory (-ies) |
| tr |
transitive |
| transf |
transfer(red) |
| transl |
translate(d), translating, translation, translator |
| ult |
ultimate(ly) |
| uncert |
uncertain |
| univ |
university |
| unpub |
unpublished |
| US(A) |
United States (of America) |
| usu |
usual(ly) |
| v |
verso |
| v |
verb |
| var(r) |
variant(s), variety (-ies), various, varying |
| vbl |
verbal |
| vol(s) |
volume(s) |
| w |
west(ern) |
| W2 |
Neilson et al. Webster’s New International Dictionary, 2nd ed |
| W3 |
Gove et al. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary |
| WWI |
World War I |
| WWII |
World War II |
| x |
hybrid |
| yd |
yard |
| yr(s) |
year(s) |