Translingual

Abbreviation

Synonyms

• abk (ISO 639-3)

English

Pronunciation

• /æb/

  Rhymes with: -æb

Etymology 1

Noun

1. abdominal muscle

Usage notes

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

1. An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.

Translations

Preposition

1. of, from (takes object in ablative case).

References

• Latin Dictionary, Lewis and Short, 1879.

Old High German

Etymology

Preposition

1. of

Romani

Noun

1. river

Turkish

Etymology

Noun

1. water

Volapük

Conjunction

1. but

Ab

• Ab is a Dutch name.
• Ab, the month of August in Arabic
• AB class, a locomotive class operated by the New Zealand Railways Department
• Ab (Egyptian heart-soul concept), the Egyptian concept of the heart-soul
• Abdominal muscles (abbreviated Ab), which are the rectus abdominis or the stomach muscles
• Aktiebolag, Swedish for "corporation," similar to AG, Ltd or Inc, as used in Finland
• Antibody, a medical abbreviation
• Av (month), a month in the Hebrew calendar
• Abbot, in the Christian Church; when the term Ab. follows the name of a Christian saint it denotes that the saint was an Abbot.
• Category of abelian groups

ab

• Abkhazian language (ISO 639 language code)
• ab The ApacheBench command line tool for Apache HTTP Server
• Canada's subdomain for Alberta
• Semitic for "father", see Ab (father)
• Indo-European for "water", see ap (water).
• As a prefix, ab- may mean off, away from, or absolute

AB or A-B

Locations, places, and types of places

• Aberdeen, after which the UK postal area AB is named.
• Acton-Boxborough Regional High School, commonly abbreviated as AB
• Albania (WMO country code)
• Alberta (Canadian Province/Territory Code)
• Air Base, used by the United States Air Force for overseas bases
• Ancienne Belgique, Belgian concert hall located in Brussels
• Anime Boston, an annual three-day anime fan convention held in the spring in Boston, Massachusetts.

Companies, universities, and organizations, groups (and related)

• Aktiebolag, Swedish for "corporation", similar to AG, Ltd or Inc
• Air Berlin, IATA code
• AB Airlines, a defunct British airline
• Anheuser-Busch, the world's third largest brewing company
• Allen-Bradley, manufacturer of industrial control and automation products
• Alderson-Broaddus College, a liberal-arts college in West Virginia
• Alfa-Vita Vassilopoulos, a Greek supermarket chain
• Artium Baccalaureus, Latin for Bachelor of Arts, often abbreviated A.B.
• Aryan Brotherhood, an American gang
• Afrikaner Broederbond, the South African secret society from 1918-1994
• Bachelor of Arts, written in the 19th century as A.B.

Medicine, science, technology, and math

• One of the human blood types in the ABO blood group system
• AB Class amplifier
• Aharonov-Bohm effect arising in a certain experiment of quantum mechanics.
• Abscesses caused by injections, especially heroin injection
• Antibody
• Aquatic Biology, an international scientific journal published by Inter-Research Science Center

Sports

• At Bat, baseball statistic
• Andris Biedriņš, basketball player
• Akademisk Boldklub, a Danish professional football club
• AB is the nickname of legendary Australian cricketer Allan Border
• Atlanta Braves, an MLB Baseball team
• AB de Villiers, South African middle order batsman

Terms for people

• "Able-Bodied", as used by some members of the disabled community
• Able Seaman (occupation), a civilian occupation
• Able Seaman (rank), a naval rank
• Adult Baby, one who engages in infantilism.
• Airman Basic, the lowest rank in the United States Air Force.
• Artium Baccalaureus, Latin for Bachelor of Arts.
• Good Eats host Alton Brown's nickname

Culture, food and history

• Aitareya Brahmana
• AB-Aktion, short for Außerordentliche Befriedungsaktion, the German extermination of Polish intelligentsia in World War II
• An A-B conversation, the subject of a popular euphemism
• AB (food), a takeaway meal popular in Adelaide
• Address book

Miscellanea

• Assembly Bill