abbrev.

abbreviation

Aborig.

Aboriginal

adj.

adjective

adv.

adverb

Afr.

African

Afrik.

Afrikaans

alt.

alteration, altered

Amer.

American

appar.

apparently

Arab.

Arabic

assoc.

associated, association

aux.

auxiliary

b.

born

back-form.

Back-formation

C (as in C18, C19, etc.)

century

Canad.

Canadian

cent.

century

cf.

compare with

Chin.

Chinese

colloq.

colloquial

comb. form

combining form

compar.

comparative

conj.

conjunction

contr.

contraction

corresp.

corresponding

Dan.

Danish

det.

Determiner

dial.

Dialect

dimin.

Diminutive

Du.

Dutch

E.

East

eccles.

ecclesiastical

Engl.

English

exclam.

exclamation

fem.

Feminine

Fr.

French

freq.

Frequently

Ger.

German

Gk

Greek

Gmc

germanic

Heb.

Hebrew

imper.

Imperative

Ind.

Indian

Indo-Eur.

Indo-European

infin.

Infinitive

interrog.

Interrogative

Ir.

Irish

Ital.

Italian

L.

Latin

lang.

language

langs

languages

Latin Amer. Sp.

Latin American Spanish

lit.

literally

masc.

Masculine

Mdu.

Middle Dutch

ME

Middle English

med.

Medieval

Mex. Sp.

Mexican Spanish

Mid. High Ger.

Middle High German

Mid. Low Ger.

Middle Low German

mod.

Modern

n.

noun

N.

North

naut.

nautical

neg.

negative

neut.

neuter

north. Engl.

northern English

Norw.

Norwegian

obs.

Obsolete

OE

Old English

Ofr.

Old French

ON

Old Norse

Onorth. Fr.

Old Northern French

orig.

originally

part.

participle

perh.

perhaps

Pers.

Persian

phr.

phrase

phrs

phrases

pl.

plural

pop.

popular

Port.

Portuguese

possess.

possessive

postpos.

postpositive

predet.

predeterminer

prep.

preposition

pres.

present

prob.

probably

pron.

pronoun

pronunc.

pronunciation

ref.

Reference

rel.

related

Russ.

Russian

S.

South

Sc.

Scottish

Scand.

Scandinavian

sing.

singular

sl.

slang

Sp.

Spanish

Swed.

Swedish

symb.

symbol

Turk.

Turkish

ult.

Ultimately

usu.

Usually

v.

verb

var.

variant

vars

variants

W.

West