«Abreviaturas/Siglas muy frecuentes en los diccionarios/enciclopedias de lengua inglesa: Letra C»

Nota del administrador: En construcción

Letter C:

  • C.: Centigrade
  • c.: Century
  • c.: circa
  • C.A.: Chartered accountant
  • C.A.B.: Citizens advice bureau
  • Cal.: California
  • Calif.: California
  • Cambs.: Cambridgeshire
  • Can.: Canada
  • c. and b.: Caught and bowled
  • Cant.: Canticles
  • Cantuar.: Canterbury (Archbishop of)
  • cap.: Caput; Capital
  • caps.: Capital letters
  • Capt.: Captain
  • Card.: Cardinal
  • Carliol.: Carlisle (Bishop of)
  • C.A.T.: College of Advanced Technology
  • C.B.: Companion of the Bath; confinement to barracks
  • C.B.E.: Commander of the British Empire; Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • c.c.: Cubic centimetre
  • C.C.: Country Council; Country Concillor; cricket club
  • C.C.C.: Civilian Conservation Corps; Corpus Christi College (Oxford or Cambridge)
  • C.D.: Civil Defence; Contagious Diseases
  • c.d.: cum dividend
  • c.div.: cum dividend
  • c.d.v.: carte-de-visite (=visiting card)
  • C.E.: Church of England; Civil Engineer
  • Cels.: Celsius
  • Celt.: Celtic
  • C.E.M.A.: Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts
  • cent.: Century
  • Cent.: Centigrade
  • Cestr.: Chester (Bishop of)
  • cf.: Confer (=Compare)
  • C.F.: Chaplain to the Forces
  • cg.: Centigram
  • C.G.: Coldstream Guards
  • C.G.M.: Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
  • C.G.S.: Centimetre-gram.second
  • C.G.T.: Confederation Générale du Travail (=General Confederation of Labour)
  • ch.: Chapter
  • Ch.: Church
  • C.H.: Companion of Honour
  • champ.: Champion
  • chap.: Chapter
  • Chas.: Charles
  • Ch.B.: Chirurgiae Baccalaureus (=Bachelor of Surgery)
  • chem.: Chemistry
  • Ch.Ch.: Christ Church (Oxford)
  • Ches.: Cheshire
  • Chin.: Chinese
  • Ch.M.: Chirurgiae Magister (=Master or Surgery)
  • Chron.: Chronicles (O.T.=order of time)
  • chronol.: Chronology
  • C.I: Channel Islands; Crown of India (=Order of the)
  • Cicestr.: Chichester (Bishop of)
  • C.I.D.: Committee of Imperial Defence; Criminal Investigation Department
  • C.I.E.: Confédération International des Étudiants; Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
  • c.i.f.: Cost, insurance and freight
  • C.(I.)G.S.: Chief of (Imperial) General Staff
  • C.-in-C.: Commander-in-Chief
  • cinemat.: Cinematograph
  • C.I.O.: Congress of Industrial Organizations
  • cogn.: Cognate
  • collect.: Collective
  • colloq.: Colloquial
  • com.: Common
  • comb.: Combination
  • commerc.: Commercial
  • comp.: Comparative
  • compl.: Complement
  • conch.: Conchology
  • conf.: Confusion
  • conj.: Conjunction, Conjugation
  • conn.: Connect
  • constr.: Construction
  • contempt.: Contemptuous
  • contr.: Contraction
  • cop.: Copulative
  • correl.: Correlative
  • corresp.: Corresponding
  • corrupt.: Corruption
  • cryst.: Crystallography
  • cub.: Cub, Cubic

«Abreviaturas/Siglas muy frecuentes en los diccionarios/enciclopedias de lengua inglesa: Letra B»

Nota del administrador: En construcción

Letter B:

  • b.: Born; bowled: bye
  • B.: Beatus, -a; Blessed; black
  • B.A.: Bachelor of Arts
  • back form.: Back formation
  • B.AL.: British Anti-Lewisite (drug=dimercaprol)
  • B.A.O.R.: British Army of the Rhine
  • Bart: Baronet
  • Bath: et Well: Bath and Wells (Bishop)
  • B.B.: Double black
  • B.B.B.: Treble black
  • B.B.C.: British Broadcasting Corporation
  • B.C.: Battery Commander; before Christ; British Columbia
  • B. Ch.: Bachelor of Surgery
  • B.C.L.: Bachelor of Civil Law
  • B,Com.: Bachelor of Commerce
  • B.D.: Bachelor of Divinity
  • B.E.A: British Electricity Authority; British European Airways
  • B.Ed.: Bachelor of Education
  • Beds: Bedfordshire
  • B.E.F.: British Expeditionary Force
  • B.E.M.: British Empire Medal
  • B.Eng.: Bachelor of Engineering
  • Berks.: Berkshire
  • B.F.B.S.: British and Foreign Bible Society
  • b.h.p.: Brake horse-power
  • bibl.: Biblical
  • bibliogr.: Bibliography
  • B.I.F.: British Industries Fair
  • biochem.: Biochemistry
  • biol.: Biology
  • B.L.: Bachelor of Law
  • B.Litt.: Baccalaureus Litterarum (=Bachelor of Letters)
  • B.M.: Bachelor of Medicine; British Museum
  • B.M.A.: British Medical Association
  • B.M.R.: Basal metabolic rate
  • B.Mus.: Bachelor of Music
  • B.N.C.: Brasenose College (Oxford)
  • B.O.: Body odour
  • B.O.A.: British Optical Association
  • B.O.A.C.: British Overseas Airways Corporation
  • Boh.: Bohemian
  • B.O.T.: Board of Trade
  • bot.: Botany
  • Bp: Bishop
  • B.P.: British Pharmacopoeia; British Public
  • B.Q.M.S.: Battery Quartermaster-Serjeant
  • B.R.: British
  • Br.: British
  • B.R.C.S.: British Red Cross Society
  • Brig.: Brigadier
  • Bros: Brothers
  • B.S.A.: Birmingham Small Arms (Co.); British South Africa
  • B.Sc.: Bachelor of Science
  • b.s.g.d.g.: breveté sans garantie du gouvernement
  • B.S.I.: British Standards Institution
  • B.S.T.: British summer time
  • Bt: Baronet
  • B.Th.U.: British thermal unit
  • B.T.U.: British thermal unit
  • Bucks: Buckinghamshire
  • Bulg.: Bulgarian
  • Bunk: Bunkum
  • B.U.P.: British United Press
  • Burm.: Burmese
  • B.V.M.: Beata Virga Maria (=Blessed Virgin Mary)
  • B.W.I.: British West Indies
  • Byz.: Byzantine

«Abreviaturas/Siglas muy frecuentes en los diccionarios/enciclopedias de lengua inglesa: Letra A»

Nota del administrador: En construcción

Siempre resulta de gran utilidad, entender lo que significan las abreviaturas que aparecen citadas en todos los diccionarios y enciclopedias de cualquier idioma. En este caso, hemos recopilado una lista de las abreviaturas que se emplean en los de lengua inglesa; por tanto y de un modo similar a las entradas que se irán progresivamente realizando para el caso de los diccionarios y enciclopedias de lengua española, comenzamos también por la letra A del alfabeto.

Letter A:

  • A: Adult
  • A.A.: Anti-aircraft
  • A.A.: Automobile Association
  • A.A.A.: Amateur Athletic Association
  • A.A.A.: Agricultural Adjustment Administration
  • A.A.G.: Assistant Adjustant-General
  • A. and M.: Ancient and Modern
  • A.A.Q.M.G.: Assistant Adjustant and Quartermaster-General
  • A.B.: Able-bodied seaman
  • A-bomb: Atomic bomb
  • abbrev.: Abbreviation
  • abl.: Ablative
  • Abp.: Archbishop
  • abs.: Absolute
  • A. C.: Aircraftman
  • A/C.: Alpine Club
  • a. c.: Alternanting current, ante Christum
  • a/c: Account
  • A.C.A.: Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
  • acc.: According
  • accus.: Accusative
  • A.C.F.: Army Cadet Force
  • A.C.I.S.: Associate of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries
  • act.: Active
  • A.C.W.: Aircraftwoman
  • A.D.: Anno Domini
  • A.D.C.: Aide-de-camp, Amateur Dramatic Club
  • ad fin.: Ad finem
  • ad init.: Ad initium
  • adj.; adjs.: Adjective, Adjectives
  • Adjt: Adjutant
  • ad lib.:Ad libitum
  • adv.; advs.: Adverb. Adverbs
  • advt.: Advertisement
  • A.E.F.: Allied Expeditionary Force
  • A.E.U.: Amaigamated Engineering Union
  • AF: Anglo-French
  • A.F.A.: Amateur Football Association
  • A.F.A.S.: Associate od the Faculty of Architects and Surveyors
  • A.F.C.: Air Force Cross
  • Afr.: Africa, African
  • A.F.S.: Army Fire Service; Auxiliary Fire Service
  • A.F.V.: Armoured Fighting Vehicle
  • A.G.: Adjutant-General; air-gunner
  • A.H.: Anno Hegirae
  • alg.: Algebra
  • a.l.: Autograph letter
  • Ala.: Alabama
  • Alas.: Alaska
  • Alban.: St. Albans (Bishop)
  • Ald.: Alderman
  • a.l.s.: Autograph letter signed
  • allus.: Allusive
  • a.m.: Anno Mundi; ante meridiem
  • A.M.: Air Ministry; Albert Medal; Master of Arts
  • A.M.D.G.: Ad majorem Dei gloriam
  • Amer.: America, American
  • A.M.I.C.E.: Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers
  • A.M.I.E.E.: Associate Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers
  • A.M.I.Mech.E.: Associate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
  • A.M.S.: Army Medical Staff; Army Medical Service
  • A.M.S.E.: Associate Member of the Society of Engineers
  • anal.: Analogy
  • anat.: Anatomy
  • Anglo-Ind.: Anglo-Indian
  • anon.: Anonymous
  • antiq.: Antiquities
  • anthrop.: Anthropology
  • A.O.C. (=in C).: Air Officer Commanding (=in Chief)
  • A.of F.: Admiral of the Fleet
  • A.P.: Associated Press
  • A.P.M.: Assistant Provost-Marshal
  • Apocr.: Apocrypha
  • app.: Appendix; Apparently
  • app.: Appendix
  • Apr.: April
  • A.Q.M.G.: Assistant Quartermaster-General
  • A.R.: Advice of receipt; annual return
  • A.R.A.: Associate of the Royal Academy
  • Arab.: Arabic
  • A.R.A.M.: Associate of the Royal Academy of Music
  • Aram.: Aramaic
  • arbitr.: Arbitrary
  • A.R.C.A.: Associate of the Royal College of Art
  • archaeol.: Archaeology
  • archit.: Architecture
  • A.R.C.M.: Associate of the Royal College of Music
  • A.R.C.O.: Associate of the Royal College of Organists
  • A.R.C.S.: Associate of the Royal College of Science
  • Argyl.: Argyllshire
  • A.R.I.B.A.: Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects
  • arith.: Arithmetic
  • Ariz.: Arizona
  • Ark.: Arkansas
  • A.R.P.: Air-raid precautions
  • Arr.: Arrives etc.
  • A.R.W.S.: Associate of the Royal Society of Painters in Water-colours
  • A.S.: Anglo-Saxon
  • A.S.E.: Associated Society of Engineers; Associate of the Society of Engineers
  • Aslib: Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux
  • A.S.R.S.: Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
  • assim.: Assimilated
  • assoc.: Associated
  • Asst: Assistant
  • astrol.: Astrology
  • at.: Atomic
  • A.T.C.: Air Training Corps
  • A.T.S.: Auxiliary Territorial Service
  • attrib.: Atributive
  • A.U.: Angström unit
  • A.U.C.: Ab urbe condita; anno urbis conditae
  • Aug.: August
  • augment.: Augmentative
  • Austral.: Australia, Australian
  • auxil.: Auxiliary
  • A.V.: Authorized Version (of the Bible)
  • avdp.: Avoirdupois
  • A.W.O.L.: Absent with-out leave