ab

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Abbreviation 1.1.1 Synonyms 2 English 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 1 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Usage notes 2.2.1.2 Translations 2.3 Etymology 2 2.3.1 Noun 2.3.1.1 Translations 2.4 Etymology 3 2.4.1 Abbreviation 2.5 References 2.6 Anagrams 3 Aynu 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Catalan 4.1 Preposition 5 Danish 5.1 Verb 6 German 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Preposition 6.2.1 Derived terms 7 Latin 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Preposition 7.2.1 References 8 Old High German 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Preposition 9 Old Irish 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Noun 9.2.1 Descendants 10 Pumpokol 10.1 Noun 11 Romani 11.1 Noun 12 Turkish 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Noun 13 Volapük 13.1 Conjunction

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Abbreviation

ab

1. The ISO 639-1 official language code of Abkhazian

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• abk (ISO 639-3)

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[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /æb/

  Rhymes: -æb

[edit] Etymology 1

Abbreviation of abdominal muscles.

[edit] Noun

ab (plural abs)

1. (informal) abdominal muscle

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More commonly used in the plural form abs.

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[edit] Etymology 2

Abbreviation of abscess.

[edit] Noun

ab (plural abs)

1. (slang) An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.

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[edit] Etymology 3

Abbreviations, see definitions.

[edit] Abbreviation

ab

1. abort or abortion
2. about

[edit] References

• “ab” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• "ab" in Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, 2002.
• “ab” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ab
• ba, BA

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[edit] Aynu

[edit] Etymology

From Persian آب.

[edit] Noun

ab

1. water

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Preposition

ab

1. (archaic) amb (with).

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[edit] Verb

ab

1. Imperative of abe.

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From Old High German ab, from Proto-Germanic *abha.

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ab

1. Beginning at that time or location; from.

   ab heute verfügbar (available from today on)

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• ab und zu

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Pronunciation

•  audio (ecclesiastical)^{help, file}

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ab (also a)

1. of, from (takes object in ablative case).

[edit] References

• Latin Dictionary, Lewis and Short, 1879.

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *abha.

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ab

1. of

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[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *abon- (cf. Welsh afon) < Proto-Indo-European *h₂eb- (“‘water’”).

[edit] Noun

ab n.

1. river

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Irish: abhainn Manx: awin

Scottish Gaelic: abhainn

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[edit] Pumpokol

[edit] Noun

ab

1. father

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[edit] Romani

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ab m. (plural ab)

1. river

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology

From Persian آب.

[edit] Noun

ab

1. water

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[edit] Volapük

[edit] Conjunction

ab

1. but