abc
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Symbol
abc
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
abc c (singular definite abc'en, plural indefinite abc'er)
- ABC (a primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading; the rudiments of any subject)
Inflection
Declension of abc
Etymology
After the first three letters of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation
Noun
abc n (uncountable)
Pronunciation
Noun
abc m (plural abc)
- ABC, basics, fundamentals, rudiments
- l’abc des mathématiques ― the rudiments of mathematics
Anagrams
Etymology
Noun
abc m (invariable)
Anagrams
Noun
abc
- Alternative form of abece
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
The first three letters of the Norwegian alphabet, A, B and C.
Pronunciation
Noun
abc f or m (definite singular abc-a or abc-en, indefinite plural abc-er, definite plural abc-ene)
- an ABC (a primer for teaching the Latin alphabet and first elements of reading and spelling)
- 1909, Alexander L. Kielland, Breve til hans datter, page 144:
- paa bogstavet E stod i gamle tyske ABC’er 2 dyr: Esel og Elephant
- on the letter E stood in old German ABCs 2 animals: Donkey and Elephant
- 1989, Ebba Haslund, Med vingehest i manesjen, page 50:
- Foreldreaksjonen mot samnorsk … oppfordret til retting av samnorskformene i skolebarnas ABC’er
- The parental reaction against Samnorsk… called for the correction of Samnorsk forms in school children's ABCs
- 2004, Fredrik Skagen, En by som ingen ainnen:
- jeg kunne [lese] før jeg begynte i første klasse, og det var kjedelig å høre på når andre elever stotret seg gjennom avsnitt i ABC-en
- I could [read] before I started first grade, and it was boring to listen to other students stumble through sections of the ABC
- 2008, Karsten Alnæs, Bakenfor alle farger:
- vi hadde lært bokstavene og tallene, lest vår ABC og fylt ut atskillige skrivebøker
- we had learned the letters and numbers, read our ABCs and filled out several exercise books
- Synonyms: abc-bok, stavebok
- (figuratively) basic knowledge of a subject
- 1911, Fredrik Viller, Gamle Friks diamant, page 66:
- det hører jo til en politimands ABC, at han bør mistænke alle, saalænge den skyldige ikke er opdaget
- it belongs to a policeman's ABC that he should suspect everyone, as long as the culprit is not discovered
- 2006, Kjell Ola Dahl, Lindeman & Sachs, page 465:
- det er jo børsens ABC: Man selger i hausse og kjøper i baisse
- it is the stock exchange's ABC: You sell hausse and buy in baisse
- 2008 July 18, askerfotball.no:
- «scoringen kom etter et angrep som var tatt rett ut av fotballens ABC» er en typisk setning i avisene
- "The score came after an attack that was taken straight out of football's ABC" is a typical phrase in the newspapers
- vitenskapens og politikkens abc
- the ABC's of science and politics
- kunne sin abc ― know your ABCs
- kunne mer enn sin abc ― know more than your ABCs (to understand many things)
- a textbook that contains elementary knowledge within a topic or subject
- abc for førerprøven ― ABC for the driving test
- abc for matlaging ― ABC for cooking
- Synonyms: grunnbok, lærebok
- (rare) alphabet (the set of letters used when writing in a language)
Usage notes
Most often capitalised, except for the inflected endings.
Etymology 2
The first letter of each term; atom, biologisk and kjemisk, borrowed from English English atomic, biological and chemical.
Adjective
abc
- (weaponry) Initialism of atom-, biologisk and kjemisk: ("atomic, biological and chemical") the three main categories of weapons of mass destruction.
Derived terms
References
Alternative forms
Noun
abc f (definite singular abc-a, indefinite plural abc-er, definite plural abc-ene)
Usage notes
Often capitalised, except for the inflected part.
References
- “abc” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Etymology
From abecadło.
Pronunciation
Noun
abc n (indeclinable)
- 101 (basic knowledge)
- Synonyms: abecadło, alfabet, elementarz, podstawy
Derived terms
adjectives
adverb
nouns
Further reading
Noun
abc m (plural abcs)
- Alternative letter-case form of ABC
Noun
abc m (plural abcs)
- Alternative form of abecé
Further reading
- “abc”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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