abandoner

English

Etymology

abandon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbændənɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbændənə/

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Noun

abandoner (plural abandoners)

1. One who abandons. [Mid 16^th century.]
   • 1595, Francis Sabie, The Fissher-mans Tale of the Famous Actes, Life and Loue of Cassander a Grecian Knight‎^[1], London:

     Sin-hating powers, reformers of all vice,
     Abandoners of euil and cruell actes,
     Cease to pursue with weapons of reuenge,
     Mine haynous and intollerable fact.

   • 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson;  […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act V, scene v, page 1:

     […] cold and constant Queene,
     Abandoner of Revells, mute contemplative,

   • 1990, David Foster Wallace, “The Empty Plenum: David Markson’s Wittgenstein’s Mistress”, in Both Flesh and Not‎^[2], New York: Little, Brown, published 2012:

     […] Kate’s been left in the emotional lurch by all sorts of objectifying men, psychic abandoners who range from her husband […] to her final lover […]

Translations

one who abandons

• German: Verlassender m, Verlassende f
• Italian: abbandonatore (it) m, abbandonatrice f
• Occitan: abandonaire, abandonator
• Portuguese: abandonador (pt) m
• Romanian: abandonator
• Spanish: abandonador m

Anagrams

• reabandon

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• (noun): IPA^(key): /abaŋˈdɔŋər/, /abanˈdɔŋər/, (verb): IPA^(key): /abandɔˈneːr/
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• (noun): Rhymes: -ər, (verb): Rhymes: -eːr
• Hyphenation: ab‧an‧do‧ner

Noun

abandoner m

1. indefinite plural of abandon

Verb

abandoner

1. imperative of abandonere

Anagrams

• banneorda

Old French

Etymology

From abandon, abandun; or from à ban doner, from Frankish *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

Verb

abandoner

1. to abandon

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of abandoner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abandoner			avoir abandoné
gerund		en abandonant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		abandonant
past participle		abandoné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	abandon	abandones	abandone	abandonons	abandonez	abandonent
	imperfect	abandonoie, abandoneie, abandonoe, abandoneve	abandonoies, abandoneies, abandonoes, abandoneves	abandonoit, abandoneit, abandonot, abandoneve	abandoniiens, abandoniens	abandoniiez, abandoniez	abandonoient, abandoneient, abandonoent, abandonevent
	preterite	abandonai	abandonas	abandona	abandonames	abandonastes	abandonerent
	future	abandonerai	abandoneras	abandonera	abandonerons	abandoneroiz, abandonereiz, abandonerez	abandoneront
	conditional	abandoneroie, abandonereie	abandoneroies, abandonereies	abandoneroit, abandonereit	abandoneriiens, abandoneriens	abandoneriiez, abandoneriez	abandoneroient, abandonereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	abandon	abandons	abandont	abandonons	abandonez	abandonent
	imperfect	abandonasse	abandonasses	abandonast	abandonissons, abandonissiens	abandonissoiz, abandonissez, abandonissiez	abandonassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	abandone	—	abandonons	abandonez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: abandonner
  • French: abandonner
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: abandonere
• → Middle English: abandounen
  • English: abandon
• Italian: abbandonare, abandonare
  • →? Neapolitan: abbannonare