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Abbreviations List (Complete Version)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

word/expression 	 abbreviation


aanvulling [DUT].........aanv.
aastakaik................aastak
Abdruck..................Abdr.
abgedruckt...............abgedr.
abridgement..............abr.
abrogazioni [ITA]........abrog.
abstract,-s..............abstr.
Abteilung, Abtheilung....Abt.
accompaniment............acc.
act,-s...................do not abbreviate
actualization [SPA]......actual.
additions [FRE]..........addit.
administrative...........adm.
advance sheet............adv.sheet
afdeling.................afd.
aflevering [DUT].........afl.
agency...................do not abbreviate
aggiunte [ITA]...........agg.
aids.....................do not abbreviate
akt [RUS]................do not abbreviate
altitude.................alt.
alto.....................A
amended..................amend.
amending.................amend.
amendment................amend.
analysis.................anal.
and......................&
and others...............et al.
annales [FRE]............ann.
annali [ITA].............ann.
annals...................ann.
anno, anni [ITA].........do not abbreviate
Anno Domini..............A.D.
annotated................annot.
annotation...............annot.
annual...................annu.
anuario [SPA]............anu.
appellate................appel.
appended.................append.
appendice [FRE, ITA].....append.
appendix.................append.
approximately............approx.
argang...................arg.
argraffiad...............arg.
argued...................do not abbreviate
arranged.................arr.
arranger.................arr.
article..................artic.
articulo [SPA]...........artic.
assembly.................assem.
atdolgozott..............atdolg.
Auflage..................Aufl.
augmente,-e..............augm.
augmented................augm.
aumentada................aum.
aumentato................aum.
Ausgabe..................Ausg.
avdeling.................avd.



Band.....................Bd.
band.....................bd.
Bandchen.................Bdchn.
Bande....................Bde.
baritone.................Bar
bass.....................B
Before Christ............B.C.
Bericht [GER]............Ber.
bilangan.................bil.
binary coded decimal.....BCD
bind.....................bd.
binder...................bind.
black and white..........b&w
bogtrykkeri..............bogtr.
boktrykkeri..............boktr.
book.....................bk.
born.....................b.
bovitett.................bov.
brief....................do not abbreviate
broj.....................br.
Brother,-s...............Bro., Bros.
Buchdrucker,-ei..........Buchdr.
Buchhandlung.............Buchh.
bulletin.................bull.
bytes per inch...........bpi



cahier [FRE].............cah.
capitolo.................cap.
cases....................do not abbreviate
cast.....................c.
centimetre,-s............cm.
century..................cent.
cetakan..................cet.
chapitre [FRE]...........ch.
chapter..................ch.
chronological............chronol.
circa....................ca.
cislo....................cis.
citation.................cit.
civil....................civ.
clause...................do not abbreviate
code.....................do not abbreviate
colored, coloured........col.
comment..................do not abbreviate
commentary...............comment.
Compagnia................Cia.
Compagnie................Cie.
Compania.................Cia.
Company..................Co.
compare..................cf.
compilation..............compil.
compiled.................compil.
compiler.................comp.
concordance..............concord.
confer...................cf.
consolidated.............consol.
constitucion [SPA].......const.
constitution.............const.
continuation.............contin.
copyright................c
Corporation..............Corp.
corrected................corr.
corregido................corr.
correlation..............correl.
corretto,-a..............corr.
corrige,-e...............corr.
court....................court
criminal.................crim.
cuaderno [SPA]...........cuad.
cumulated................cumul.
cumulatif [FRE]..........cumul.
cumulation...............cumul.
cumulative...............cumul.
current..................curr.
czesc....................cz.



decisao [POR]............decis.
decisiones [SPA].........decis.
decision,-s..............decis.
declination..............decl.
decretos [SPA]...........decret.
deel.....................d.
defendant................defend.
del (Danish, Norwegian,
    Swedish).............d.
departement..............dep.
Department...............Dept.
descriptive..............descr.
desk book................desk bk.
developments.............dev.
diameter.................diam.
died.....................d.
diena....................d.
digest...................dig.
djilid...................djil.
document.................doc.
dodatek, dodatki [POL]...dod.
dogovor [RUS]............do not abbreviate
dopolnenie [RUS].........dop.
dopunjeno................dop.
draft....................do not abbreviate
drukarnia................druk.



edicion..................ed.
edition,-s...............ed., eds.
edition..................ed.
editor...................ed.
edizione.................ed.
enacted..................do not abbreviate
enlarged.................enl.
enmienda [SPA]...........enm.
Entscheidung,-en [GER]...Entscheid.
environment..............environ.
envoi [FRE]..............do not abbreviate
epoca [SPA]..............do not abbreviate
epoque [FRE].............do not abbreviate
equinox..................eq.
erganzt..................erg.
Erganzungsheft [GER].....Erganzungsh.
Erganzungslieferung [GER]...Erganzungslfg.
erweitert................erw.
establecimiento
   tipografico...........estab. tip.
et alii..................et al.
et cetera................etc.
evfolyam.................evf.
evidence.................evid.
exercise,-s..............exer.
extra edition............extra ed.
ezhegodnik [RUS].........ezheg.



facsimile,-s.............facsim, facsims.
fascicle.................fasc.
fascicule................fasc.
fase [ITA]...............do not abbreviate
federal..................fed.
feuillets [FRE]..........feuill.
file.....................do not abbreviate
finder...................do not abbreviate
findex...................do not abbreviate
finding list.............do not abbreviate
flourished...............fl.
folio....................fol.
following................ff.
foot, feet...............ft.
form book................form bk.
form,-s..................do not abbreviate
formulaire [FRE].........formul.
Fortsetzung [GER]........Forts.
frame,-s.................fr.
frames per second........fps
fratelli.................f.lli
full text................do not abbreviate



gazette..................gaz.
Gebruder.................Gebr.
gedruckt.................gedr.
genealogical.............geneal.
general..................gen.
general [FRE]............gen.
generale [ITA]...........gen.
gonida...................g.
government...............govt.
Government Printing
   Office................G.P.O.
Grundlieferung [GER].....Grundlfg.
guide....................do not abbreviate



hafte [SWE]..............do not abbreviate
handbook.................handbk.
Handschrift,-en..........Hs., Hss.
hearing..................hear.
Heft [GER]...............do not abbreviate
hefte [DAN, NOR].........do not abbreviate
Her (His) Majesty's
   Stationery Office.....H.M.S.O.
Hermanos.................Hnos.
historical...............hist.
history, histories.......hist.
hour,-s..................hr.



id est...................i.e.
Idus.....................Id.
illustration,-s..........ill.
illustrator..............ill.
imienia..................im.
imprenta.................impr.
imprimerie...............impr.
inch,-es.................in.
inches per second........ips
including................incl.
Incorporated.............Inc.
index....................do not abbreviate
indice [ITA].............do not abbreviate
informe [SPA]............inf.
interim..................do not abbreviate
introduction.............introd.
issuance.................iss.
issue....................iss.
izdaja...................izd.
izmenjeno................izm.



jaargang.................jaarg.
Jahrgang.................Jahrg.
javitott.................jav.
jilid....................jil.



Kalendae.................Kal.
key......................do not abbreviate
kiadas...................kiad.
kilometre,-s.............km.
kniha....................kn.
knjiga...................knj.
kotet....................kot.
ksiegarnia...............ksieg.



later....................do not abbreviate
law,-s...................do not abbreviate
legislative..............legis.
legislature..............legis.
leto.....................l.
letter,-s................lett.
librairie................libr.
Lieferung................Lfg.
Limited..................Ltd.
list.....................do not abbreviate
lista [ITA]..............do not abbreviate
liste [FRE]..............do not abbreviate
livraison................livr.
loose leaf...............do not abbreviate



maatschappij.............mij.
manual (e.g. teacher's manual)...man.
manuscript,-s............ms., mss.
master...................do not abbreviate
material.................mater.
menuo....................men.
memorandum, memoranda....memo.
metai....................m.
metre,-s.................m.
mezzo soprano............Mz
miesiecznik..............mies.
millimetre,-s............mm.
minute,-s................min.
miscellaneous............misc.
mise a jour [FRE]........do not abbreviate
monophonic...............mono.



Nachtrag [GER]...........Nachtr.
Nachfolger...............Nachf.
naklad...................nakl.
nakladatelstvi...........nakl.
names....................do not abbreviate
naukowy..................nauk.
neue Folge...............n.F.
new......................do not abbreviate
new series...............new ser.
New Testament............N.T.
news.....................do not abbreviate
newsletter...............newsl.
nieuwe reeks [DUT].......do not abbreviate
no name (of publisher)...s.n.
no place (of publication)...s.l.
nombor...................no.
nomor....................no.
Nonae....................Non.
noter up.................do not abbreviate
notes....................do not abbreviate
nouveau, nouvelle........nouv.
nueva, nuevo [SPA].......do not abbreviate
number,-s................no.
numbered.................numb.
numer....................nr.
numero (Finnish).........n:o
numero (French)..........no
numero (Italian).........n.
numero (Spanish).........no.
Nummer...................Nr.
nummer...................nr.
nuovamente...............nuov.



odbitka..................odb.
oddzial..................oddz.
official.................off.
ofitsial nyi [RUS].......ofits.
Old Testament............O.T.
Omarbeidet...............omarb.
opinion,-s...............opin.
oplag....................opl.
opplag...................oppl.
opracowane...............oprac.
opus.....................op.
order,-s.................do not abbreviate
ordinance,-s.............ord.
otisk....................ot.



page,-s..................p.
pamphlet,-s..............pam.
paperback................pbk.
Paragraf,-en [GER].......Par.
parallel.................paral.
part,-s..................pt.,pts.
parte....................pt.
partie,-s................ptie,pties
patent,-s................pat.
permanent................perm.
phonogram (copyright)....p
photograph,-s............photo.,photos.
phrases..................phr.
plaintiff................plaint.
plate number,-s..........pl.no.
pocket part,-s...........pock.pt.
poprawione...............popr.
popular..................pop.
portrait,-s..............port.,ports.
postanovlenie [RUS]......post.
posthumous...............posth.
practice.................pract.
predelan.................pred.
preface..................pref.
preliminary..............prelim.
preview..................do not abbreviate
prilozhenie [RUS]........prilozh.
printing.................print.
privately printed........priv. print.
procedure................proced.
prodolzhenie [RUS].......prodol.
projection...............proj.
prosiren.................pros.
przedstawienie [POL].....przed.
przeklad.................przekl.
przerobione..............przerob.
pseudonym................pseud.
publishing...............pub.



quadraphonic.............quad.
Quellenheft [GER]........Quellenh.
quick finder.............do not abbreviate



receipt..................do not abbreviate
received.................recd.
recompiled...............recompil.
record...................rec.
recumulation.............recumul.
redakcja.................red.
reeks [DUT]..............do not abbreviate
reference................ref.
refondu,-e...............ref.
register.................regist.
regular..................regul.
regulation,-s............regul.
Reihe [GER]..............do not abbreviate
reimpression.............reimpr.
release,-s...............rel.
reliure supplementaire [FRE]...rel.suppl.
remesa [SPA].............do not abbreviate
repeal...................do not abbreviate
repealed.................do not abbreviate
replaced.................repl.
replacement..............repl.
reporter.................rep.
report,-s................rep.
reprinted................repr.
reproduced...............reprod.
research.................res.
reviderade...............revid.
revise,-e................rev.
revised..................rev.
revolutions per minute...rpm
revu,-e..................rev.
right ascension..........RA
riveduto.................riv.
rocnik...................roc.
rocznik..................rocz.
rok......................r.
rozszerzone..............rozsz.
rule,-s..................do not abbreviate
ruling,-s................do not abbreviate



saved....................do not abbreviate
second,-s................sec.
section (e.g. of a code)...sect.
serie....................ser.
serie nueva [SPA]........ser.nueva
series...................ser.
service..................serv.
sesit....................ses.
sessifa [RUS]............sess.
session..................sess.
s"ezd [RUS]..............do not abbreviate
sheet (e.g. advance sheet)...do not abbreviate
signature................sig.
silent...................si.
sine loco................s.l.
sine nomine..............s.n.
sklad glowny.............skl.gl.
slip.....................do not abbreviate
soprano..................S
sound....................sd.
special..................spec.
spravochnik [RUS]........sprav.
stabilimento tipografico...stab.tip.
stat'ia [RUS]............st.
statut [POL].............do not abbreviate
statute,-s...............do not abbreviate
statutory................statut.
stereophonic.............stereo.
stevilka.................st.
stronica.................str.
sumario,-s [SPA].........sum.
summary, summaries.......summ.
superintendent...........supt.
superintendent of
  documents..............Supt. of Docs.
superseded...............supers.
suplemento [SPA].........supl.
supplement...............suppl.
supreme..................sup.
svazek...................sv.
szam.....................sz.



tables...................do not abbreviate
tahun....................th.
talleres graficos........tall.graf.
teacher's manual.........teach.man.
Teil, Theil..............T.
temporary................tempor.
tenor....................T
tentative................tent.
term.....................do not abbreviate
text.....................do not abbreviate
tipografia, tipografica..tip.
tiskarna.................tisk.
title (e.g. of a code)...tit.
title page...............t.p.
tjetakan.................tjet.
tome.....................t.
tomo.....................t.
topics...................top.
towarzystwo..............tow.
trademarks...............do not abbreviate
transfer binder..........transf.bind.
translator...............tr.
transmittal..............transm.
transportation...........transp.
treatise.................do not abbreviate
treaty, treaties.........do not abbreviate
typographical............typog.
typographie,
  typographique..........typ.



udarbejdet...............udarb.
udgave...................udg.
udgivet..................udg.
uitgaaf..................uitg.
uitgegeven...............uitg.
uitgevers................uitg.
umgearbeitet.............umgearb.
unaccompanied............unacc.
unannotated..............unannot.
unit.....................do not abbreviate
Universitats Buchdrucker,-ei...Univ. Buchdr.
unofficial...............unoff.
update...................do not abbreviate
upplaga..................uppl.
utarbeidet...............utarb.
utgave...................utg.
utgiven..................utg.
uzupelnione..............uzup.



validating...............valid.
verbesserte..............verb.
vermehrte................verm.
volume,-s................v.
volumen [SPA]............vol.
vuosikerta...............vuosik.
vydani...................vyd. 



words....................do not abbreviate
wydanie..................wyd.
wydawnictwo..............wydawn.
wydzial..................wydz.



yearbook.................yrbk.



zalozba..................zal.
zeszyt...................zesz.
zvazok...................zv.
zvezek...................zv.

Combined list sources:

Anglo American Cataloguing Rules. 2nd ed., 1988 revision. Appendix B.9.

Smith, Evelyn. "Caption Abbreviations: Update." Technical Services Law Librarian 14, no. 1 (August 1988): 6-11.