ABS

See also: abs, Abs, ABs, abs., Abs., ABŞ, A♭s, and abs-

Translingual

Symbol

ABS

1. (international standards, aviation) IATA airport code for Abu Simbel Airport, which serves Abu Simbel, Aswan, Egypt.

English

Noun

ABS

1. (automotive) Initialism of antilock braking system.
2. (organic chemistry) Initialism of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene.
3. (plumbing, informal, humorous) Initialism of all-black stuff: i.e. acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, referring to the black color of the waste water
   1. plumbing pipes composed of this plastic.
4. Initialism of automatic block signaling.
5. Initialism of auto-brewery syndrome.

Derived terms

• ABS brake

Translations

antilock braking system

• Dutch: ABS (nl) n
• French: ABS (fr)
• Polish: ABS (pl) m

Proper noun

ABS

1. (computing) Initialism of Arch build system.
2. (Australia) Initialism of Australian Bureau of Statistics.
3. (Philippines, colloquial) Ellipsis of ABS-CBN.

See also

• (automotive): TCS, ESC
• (chemistry): PVC

References

• Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.

Anagrams

• B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, sab, sab., B. A. S., Bas, BAS, Sab., SAB, bas, ASB, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German ABS, initialism of German Antiblockiersystem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.be.ɛs/

• Audio:

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Noun

ABS m

1. (automotive) Initialism of système de freinage antiblocage.

Anagrams

• bas

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

ABS

1. Initialism of Antiblockiersystem. (anti-lock braking system)

Indonesian

Noun

ABS (first-person possessive ABSku, second-person possessive ABSmu, third-person possessive ABSnya)

1. Abbreviation of asal bapak senang.

Spanish

Noun

ABS m (plural ABS)

1. ABS (antilock brake system)

Further reading

• “ABS”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28