abat

Albanian

Etymology

Compare Italian abate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈbat]

Noun

abat m (indefinite plural abatë, definite singular abati, definite plural abatët)

1. abbot

Further reading

• abat in Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe at shkenca.org

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• abatu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *abbatō, *abbatuō, from Latin battuō. Compare Romanian abate, abat.

Verb

abat (third-person singular present indicative abati or abate, past participle abãtutã)

1. I make space, distance myself.
2. I divert, deviate.

Related terms

• abatiri/abatire
• abãtut
• bat

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin abbās, abbātem (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא‎ (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈbat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈbat/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

abat m (plural abats)

1. abbot
2. rector

   Synonym: rector

3. a type of sausage made using the stomach of a pig as the casing, and stuffed with minced meat

Related terms

• abacial (“abbatial”, adjective)
• abadessa (“abbess”)
• abadia (“abbey; abbacy”)

 

Verb

abat

1. third-person singular present indicative form of abatre
2. second-person singular imperative form of abatre

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ceb‧a‧bat

Noun

abat

1. (folklore) a vampirelike creature or monster

Verb

abat

1. to be a prey or victim to this creature
2. (of an abat) to hunt or attack prey

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:abat.

Anagrams

• abta, atab, baat, bata

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba/

• Audio

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Verb

abat

1. third-person singular present indicative of abattre

Noun

abat m (plural abats)

1. giblet

Further reading

• “abat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Hiligaynon

Verb

ábat (diminutive abát-ábat, causative paábat, frequentative abát-ábat)

1. to follow after

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Kapampangan

Verb

abat

1. To accost
2. To ambush

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Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin abbās, abbātem (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא‎ (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈβat]

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

abat m (plural abats)

1. abbot

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈbat]

Verb

abat

1. first-person singular present indicative of abate
2. third-person plural present indicative of abate
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of abate

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Tagalog

Noun

abát

1. ambush; snare; stratagem

Derived terms

• abatan
• mang-aabat
• mang-abat
• pang-aabat