คำย่อในภาษาอังกฤษที่พบบ่อย (abbreviations in english)

ในบทความนี้เราจะมาทำความรู้จักกับคำย่อหรือตัวย่อ(Abbreviations)ในภาษาอังกฤษต่างๆ ที่มักพบได้บ่อย

• a/c ==> account (or air conditioning!)
• ad ==> advertisement
• AD ==> Anno Domini (e.g., AD 450)
• AGM ==> Annual General Meeting
• a.m. ==> ante meridiem, “before noon”
• approx. ==> approximately
• BA ==> Bachelor of Arts (degree)
• BC ==> before Christ
• BCE ==> before the Common Era (used instead of BC)
• BSc ==> Bachelor of Science (degree)
• c ==> circa, “about” or “approximately” (as in c 1800)
• c. ==> century (as in the 19th c.)
• cc ==> carbon copy, “send a copy to”
• CE ==> of the Common Era (used instead of AD)
• CEO ==> chief executive officer
• cf. ==> confer, the Latin term for “compare with”
• c/o ==> care of (used on letters)
• cm ==> centimetre
• COD ==> cash on delivery
• dept. ==> department
• Dr. ==> Doctor
• e.g. ==> exempli gratia, “for example”
• esp. ==> especially

• ETA ==> estimated time of arrival
• et al. ==> et alii, “and others”
• etc. ==> et cetera, “and so on”
• ibid. ==> ibidem, “in the same book or passage”
• id. ==> idem, “the same”, used to refer to an author’s work that has just been cited in the text
• i.e. ==> id est, “that is to say”
• kg ==> kilogram
• km ==> kilometre
• lb ==> pound (weight)
• MD ==> Doctor of Medicine (from Medicinae Doctor)
• MS ==> Manuscript
• n/a ==> not applicable
• NB ==> nota bene, “it is important to note”
• no. ==> Number
• p ==> page
• p.a. ==> per annum, “per year”
• p.m. ==> post meridiem, “after noon”
• pp ==> pages
• PhD ==> Doctor of Philosophy
• Prof. ==> Professor
• PS ==> post scriptum, an additional remark at the end of a letter
• PTO ==> please turn over
• q.v. ==> quod vide, “which see”, directs the reader to another part of a text for additional information
• re ==>res (“thing” in Latin) “with reference to, in the matter of, about, concerning”
• sp. ==> spelling
• St. ==> Saint
• viz. ==> videlicet, “namely”