ABI

  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

ABI

"ABI" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "my father".

Date "ABI" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references)

"ABI" is a common misspelling or typo for: abed, abet, abide, abut, bail, bait, bay, obi.


Specialty Definition: ABI

DomainDefinition

Computing

ABI Application Binary Interface. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Shipping

U.S. Customs' "Automated Broker Interface," by which brokers file importers' entries electronically. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Abbreviations & Acronyms: ABI

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

ABI

DanishABI-interfaceComputing

ABI

DutchApplicatie binaire interfaceComputing

ABI

EnglishAdaptive brain interfaceN/A

ABI

FrenchAssociation de bibliothèques internationalesN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top     

Crosswords: ABI

Specialty definitions using "ABI": Application Binary Interface, Automated Broker InterfaceBinary Compatibility StandardPowerOpen EnvironmentTLAsWindows sockets. (references)
Non-English Usage: "ABI" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Estonian (help), Latin (be changed, depart, die, disappear, go away, go forth, go off, pass away), Sranan (have, have got).

Top     

Modern Usage: ABI

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Abi foq al-Shagara (1969)

Kabilni ya abi (1947)

Sirr abi (1946)

Haza ganahu abi (1945)

Abi va Rabi (1930)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Commercial Usage: ABI

DomainTitle

Books

  • Ali bin Abi Talib (R) : The Fourth Caliph of Islam (reference)

  • Encyclopedie De L'Islam (Nouvelle Edition, Tome 7: Livr. 123-124: Al-Mukawkis-Musa B. Abi L-Afiya) (reference)

  • Kamet & Abi Gamin : a gunner odyssey (reference)

  • Market Guide / ProVestor Plus Company Report for Applied Biosystems Group - ABI [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • Morningstar Stock Research Report ABI : [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Non-Fiction Usage: ABI

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Singapore

The ABI status may be awarded for any duration up to 27 February 2003. (references)

Singapore

To qualify for the ABI status, financial institutions must have a substantial debt team in Singapore. (references)

Italy

ABI, Italy's banking association, contends that the average tax rate of 53 percent, compared to a 37 percent EU average, hurts Italian banks' profitability. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Top     

Usage Frequency: ABI

"ABI" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 85.53% of the time. "ABI" is used about 76 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)85.53%6541,645
Noun (singular)5.26%4175,879
Adjective (general or positive)5.26%4175,879
Noun (plural)2.63%2245,945
Unclassified Items1.32%1339,140
                    Total100.00%76N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Top     

Expressions: ABI

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "ABI": Abi-albon, abi-compatible, abi-compliant.

Ending with "ABI": ocmp-abi, pu-abi.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Frequency of Internet Keywords: ABI

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

abi

296

abi number

4

abi inform

23

abi ali bin talib

4

abi coder

21

abi liu nina tucker

4

abi caravan

18

abi ali bin saidina talib

3

abi tucker

13

abi 377

3

abi prism

10

abi file

3

ofarim esther abi

9

abi inc

3

abi word

8

abi bartending

3

abi hotmail.com

7

abi lyrics

3

abi rediffmail.com

7

abi code

3

abi yahoo.com

7

abi vest

3

abi enterprise global success

7

abi cab e

3

2003 abi

7

7700 abi prism

3

abi nader robert

6

ali ibn abi talib

3

abi vip

6

abi extension

3

abi cab

5

wallenstein abi

3

007 abi

5

abi stafford

3

abi enterprise

5

3700 abi

2

abi marine

4

abi aibling.net

2

abi codici

4

abi extension file

2

abi taqman

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Bible Trace: ABI

LanguageDateSource2 Kings Chapter 18, Verse 2
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintUioV eikosi kai pente etwn hn en tw basileuein auton kai eikosi kai ennea eth ebasileusen en ierousalhm kai onoma th mhtri autou abou qugathr zacariou
Latin405VulgateViginti quinque annorum erat cum regnare coepisset et viginti et novem annis regnavit in Hierusalem nomen matris eius Abi filia Zacchariae
Middle English1395WyclifOf fyue and twenty yeer he was, whanne he beganne to regnen, and twenty and nyne yeer he regnede in Jerusalem; name of his modir, Abisa, douytir of Zacharie.
Jacobean English1611King JamesTwenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
Victorian English1833WebsterTwenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah.
Basic English1964OgdenHe was twenty-five years old when he became king, ruling in Jerusalem for twenty-nine years; his mother's name was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Matched Bible Translations: ABI

Language2 Kings Chapter 18, Verse 2
CebuanoKaluhaan ug lima ka tuig ang iyang panuigon sa pagsugod niya sa paghari; ug siya naghari sa kaluhaan ug siyam ka tuig sa Jerusalem: ug ang ngalan sa iyang inahan mao si Abi, ang anak ni Zacarias.
CroatianBilo mu je dvadeset i pet godina kad se zakraljio. Kraljevao je dvadeset i devet godina u Jeruzalemu. Materi mu je bilo ime Abija, Zaharijina kæi.
DanishHan var fem og tyve Ã…r gammel, da han blev Konge, og han herskede ni og tyve Ã…r i Jerusalem. Hans Moder hed Abi og var en Datter af Zekarja.
DutchVijf en twintig jaren was hij oud, toen hij koning werd, en hij regeerde negen en twintig jaren te Jeruzalem, en de naam zijner moeder was Abi, een dochter van Zacharia.
FinnishHän oli kahdenkymmenen viiden vuoden vanha tullessansa kuninkaaksi, ja hän hallitsi Jerusalemissa kaksikymmentä yhdeksän vuotta. Hänen äitinsä oli nimeltään Abi, Sakarjan tytär.
FrenchIl avait vingt-cinq ans lorsqu`il devint roi, et il régna vingt-neuf ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s`appelait Abi, fille de Zacharie.
GermanEr war fünfundzwanzig Jahre alt, da er König ward, und regierte neunundzwanzig Jahre zu Jerusalem. Seine Mutter hieß Abi, eine Tochter Sacharjas.
Haitian CreoleLè sa a, li te gen vennsenkan. Li gouvènen nan lavil Jerizalèm pandan ventnevan. Manman l' te rele Abi. Se te pitit fi Zakari.
HungarianHuszonöt esztendõs volt, mikor uralkodni kezdett, és huszonkilencz esztendeig uralkodott Jeruzsálemben; anyjának neve Abi, a Zakariás leánya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaAdapun umurnya pada masa baginda naik raja itu dua puluh lima tahun, dan kerajaanlah baginda di Yeruzalem sembilan likur tahun, maka nama bunda baginda itu Abia, seorang anak Zakharia.
MaoriE rua tekau ma rima ona tau i tona kingitanga, a e rua tekau ma iwa nga tau i kingi ai ia ki Hiruharama; a ko te ingoa o tona whaea ko Api, he tamahine na Hakaraia.
NorwegianHan var fem og tyve år gammel da han blev konge, og han regjerte ni og tyve år i Jerusalem; hans mor hette Abi og var datter av Sakarja.
PortugueseTinha vinte e cinco anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou vinte e nove anos em Jerusalém. O nome de sua mãe era Abi, filha de Zacarias.   
RumanianAvea douqzeci wi cinci de ani cknd a ajuns kmpqrat, wi a domnit douqzeci wi nouq de ani la Ierusalim. Mamq-sa se chema Abi, fata lui Zaharia.
SwedishHan var tjugufem år gammal, när han blev konung, och han regerade tjugunio år i Jerusalem. Hans moder hette Abi, Sakarjas dotter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Derivations: ABI

Derivations

Words beginning with "ABI": abidance, abidances, abide, abided, abider, abiders, abides, abiding, abidingly, abigail, abigails, abilities, ability, abiogeneses, abiogenesis, abiogenic, abiogenically, abiogenist, abiogenists, abiological, abioses, abiosis, abiotic, abiotically. (additional references)

Words ending with "ABI": kohlrabi, syllabi, wasabi. (additional references)

Words containing "ABI": absorbabilities, absorbability, acceptabilities, acceptability, accountabilities, accountability, actabilities, actability, adaptabilities, adaptability, addressabilities, addressability, adjustabilities, adjustability, admirabilities, admirability, adoptabilities, adoptability, adorabilities, adorability, advisabilities, advisability, affabilities, affability, affectabilities, affectability, affordabilities, affordability, agglutinabilities, agglutinability, agreeabilities, agreeability, alienabilities, alienability, alterabilities, alterability, amenabilities, amenability, amiabilities, amiability, amicabilities, amicability, analyzabilities, analyzability, antirabies, appealabilities, appealability, applicabilities, applicability, approachabilities, approachability. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Top     

Anagrams: ABI

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-i"

-1 letter: ab, ai, ba, bi.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-i"
 

+1 letter: abri, bail, bait, bani, bias, bima, iamb, isba, obia.

 

+2 letters: abaci, abide, aboil, abris, alibi, ambit, bails, bairn, baith, baits, baiza, baize, baric, basic, basil, basin, basis, bassi, batik, biali, bialy, bimah, bimas, binal, biota, blain, braid, brail, brain, bravi, briar, cabin, ceiba, cobia, habit, iambi, iambs, isbas, kibla, labia, libra, limba, mbira, nabis, nubia, obias, pibal, rabbi, rabic, rabid, sabin, sabir, sahib, tabid, tibia, urbia.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: ABI


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 42 49

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    -...    ..

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01000010 01001001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#66 &#73

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0042 0049

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

353643

Top     



INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Bible Trace
10. Abbreviations
11. Acronyms
12. Derivations
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.