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an abbreviated form of a multisyllable word; clipped form.
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a contraction or abbreviation.
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“Doudou,” a shortened form of Abdoulaye, is also the French term children use for a cuddly toy or comforter, while “bitume” means asphalt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
The term is thought to be a shortened form of the word "charisma".
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2023
The translators initially sought to have Eliza repeat “brenn’n,” a shortened form of the word for “burn,” throughout the song.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2022
The term 'mean' is a shortened form of 'arithmetic mean.'
From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013
Another suggestion for the origin of the word is that the word represents a shortened form, gonne, of a supposed French mangonne, a mangonel, but the French word is mangonneau.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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