English

Abbreviation

resp.

1. Abbreviation of respectively.
   • 2015 August 16, Chung-Feng Hwang et al., “Hearing Assessment after Treatment of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma with CRT and IMRT Techniques”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, DOI:10.1155/2015/769806:

     The air conduction hearing deterioration at 0.5–4 kHz with and without age-related correction differed significantly at the 2- to 9-year follow-ups (p = 0.02 at 2 years; p < 0.001 at 3 to 9 years, resp.), while the differences were not significant at 1 year after completing RT (p = 0.16) […]

Usage notes

• Like the unabbreviated form respectively, this abbreviation is used postfix, as in "X or Y, resp.". Some ESL writers use it infix, as in "X resp. Y", by false analogy with German bzw. and Swedish resp., but this is not considered correct.

Czech

Abbreviation

resp.

1. Abbreviation of respektive.

Danish

Abbreviation

resp.

1. Abbreviation of respektive.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Abbreviation

resp.

1. Abbreviation of respectievelijk.

Anagrams

• Pers, pers, sper

French

Abbreviation

resp.

1. Abbreviation of respectivement.

German

Abbreviation

resp.

1. Abbreviation of respektive. In older orthography: Abbreviation of respective.

Swedish

Abbreviation

resp.

1. Abbreviation of respektive.

   På händer och fötter bar jag handskar resp. skor‎

   On hands and feet I wore gloves and shoes, respectively.

Usage notes

• This abbreviation is used infix, just like German bzw., not like the postfix English respectively.