abduction

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abductiō (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”), from (deprecated template usage) ab + dūcō (“to lead”).

• (physiology): From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) abductus.
• Compare French (deprecated template usage) abduction.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /əbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/
• (US) (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /æbˈdʌk.ʃn̩/, /æbˈdək.ʃn̩/, /əbˈdək.ʃn̩/

Noun

abduction (plural abductions)

1. Leading away; a carrying away. [Early 17^th century.]
2. (deprecated template usage) (physiology) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body. [Mid 17^th century.](Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (deprecated template usage) (logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable. [Late 17^th century.]
   • 2005, Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson, Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction, page 256:

     The significance of such a step is that it is not morphologically triggered: it is a step of abduction, and what is required here is a meta-level process of reasoning.

4. The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being. [Mid 18^th century.]

   the abduction of a child

Usage notes

• In Gregg shorthand (version: Centennial, Series 90, DJS, Simplified, Anniversary, Pre-Anniversary) the word is represented: a - b - d - u - k - sh

Synonyms

• (legal, carrying off of human being): kidnapping
• (logic): retroduction
• (determining most plausible explanation): retroduction

Antonyms

• (physiology): adduction

Derived terms

• alien abduction

Related terms

• abduce

Translations

leading away, carrying away

• Armenian: հափշտակում (hapʻštakum) , աբդուկցիոնիզմ (abdukcʻionizm)
• Bulgarian: отвличане n (otvličane), похищение (bg) n (poxišténie)
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏘᎿᏫᏗᏍᎬ (agutihnawidisgv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 綁架／绑架 (bǎngjià), 绑架 (zh) (bǎngjià)

• Dutch: afvoering (nl) m
• Esperanto: forrabo
• Finnish: poisvienti, poistaminen
• French: enlèvement (fr) m
• Georgian: მოტაცება (moṭaceba)
• German: Entführung (de) f
• Greek: απαγωγή (el) f (apagogí)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: rapimento (it) m, sequestro (it) m
• Japanese: 誘拐 (ja) (ゆうかい, yūkai)
• Korean: 유괴 (ko) (yugoe) (誘拐 (ko))
• Latin: abductiō f, raptiō f
• Malay: penculikan
• Norwegian: bortføring c
• Portuguese: (Brazil) abdução (pt) m, (Portugal) abducção m
• Russian: похище́ние (ru) n (poxiščénije)
• Spanish: rapto (es) m, secuestro (es) m

physiology: movement separating limb from axis

• Bulgarian: абду́кция f (abdúkcija)
• Czech: abdukce
• Dutch: abductie (nl) f
• Finnish: loitonnus, abduktio
• French: abduction (fr) f
• Georgian: აბდუქცია (ka) (abdukcia)
• German: Abduktion (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: απαγωγή (el) f (apagogí)
• Italian: abduzione (it) f
• Norwegian: abduksjon m
• Portuguese: (Brazil) abdução (pt) m, (Portugal) abducção m
• Russian: абду́кция (ru) f (abdúkcija)
• Spanish: abducción (es) f

logic: type of syllogism

• Dutch: abductie (nl) f
• Finnish: abduktio, abduktiivinen päättely
• French: abduction (fr) f
• German: Abduktion (de) f
• Greek: απαγωγή (el) f (apagogí)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: abduzione (it) f
• Norwegian: abduksjon m
• Russian: абду́кция (ru) f (abdúkcija)
• Spanish: abducción (es) f

law: wrongful carrying off of a human being

• Bulgarian: отвличане n (otvličane)
• Czech: únos (cs) m
• Dutch: ontvoering (nl) f, kidnapping (nl) f, schaking f
• Finnish: sieppaus, ihmisryöstö, kidnappaus
• French: rapt (fr) m, enlèvement (fr) m
• German: Entführung (de) f
• Greek: απαγωγή (el) f (apagogí)
• Italian: rapimento (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 誘拐 (ja) (ゆうかい, yūkai)
• Norwegian: bortføring c, kidnapping c
• Portuguese: rapto (pt), abdução (pt) f, (Brazil) seqüestro (pt) m, (Portugal) abducção m
• Russian: похище́ние (ru) n (poxiščénije)
• Slovene: ugrabitev (sl) f
• Spanish: rapto (es) m
• Turkish: adam kaçırma

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} abduction
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} கடத்தல் (kaṭattal)

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French

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /abdyksjɔ̃/

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abductiō (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”).

Noun

abduction f (plural abductions)

1. (deprecated template usage) (physiology) Abductive movement; abduction.
2. (deprecated template usage) (logic, computing) Abductive reasoning; abduction.

External links

• “abduction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Interlingua

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abductiō (“robbing; abduction”), from abdūcō (“take or lead away”).

Noun

abduction (plural abductiones)

1. abduction