RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Fridrichová, Radka T1 JF Romanica Olomucensia YR 2011 VO 23 IS 2 SP 101 OP 112 DO 10.5507/ro.2011.015 UL https://romanica.upol.cz/artkey/rom-201102-0001.php AB A wide variety of abbreviations are now present in our reading material and everyday speech. The trend has been incorporated into contemporary French. Time and space is vital. This process takes several different forms which can result in different meanings. The paper covers four different types of abbreviations in this article: initials, acronym, general abbreviations, and truncation.