abaissé
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See also: abaisse
English
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French abaissé (“to lower”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪˌseɪ/
Adjective
[edit]abaissé (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Of a charge, especially a fess: borne lower than usual.
- Synonym: abased
- 1896, John Woodward, A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign, W. & A.K. Johnston, page 129:
- Or, a bend sable, on a chief of the first a pomeis charged with a cross gold; the whole abaissé under another chief of the arms of the Order of St. John, Gules a cross argent.
- (heraldry) Having the ends (tips) of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield (of an eagle, etc).
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]abaissé (feminine abaissée, masculine plural abaissés, feminine plural abaissées)
Participle
[edit]abaissé (feminine abaissée, masculine plural abaissés, feminine plural abaissées)
Further reading
[edit]- “abaissé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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