abat

Albanian

Etymology

From Italian abate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈbat]

Noun

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

1. abbot

Declension

declension of abat

	indefinite forms (trajta të pashquara)			definite forms (trajta të shquara)
	singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)		singular (numri njëjës)	plural (numri shumës)
nominative (emërore)	abat	abatë		abati	abatët
accusative (kallëzore)	abat	abatë		abatin	abatët
genitive (gjinore) (i/e/të/së)	abati	abatëve		abatit	abatëvet
dative (dhanore)	abati	abatëve		abatit	abatëvet
ablative (rrjedhore)	abati	abatësh		abatit	abatëvet

Further reading

• abat in Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe at shkenca.org
• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 27 (abat)

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• abatu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *abbattō, from Latin ad- +‎ 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 Latin abbās, abbātem (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא‎ (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio

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• 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

References

• “abat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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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 using 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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Garo

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali আবাদ (abad). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

abat

1. cultivation

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Hiligaynon

Verb

abat (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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Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French abattre

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ba.twa/

Verb

1. To discourage
2. To depress

References

• Klingler, T. A., & Valdman, A. (1998). Dictionary of Louisiana Creole. Indiana Univ. Press.

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Norman

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *abbatuō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ba/

Noun

abat m

1. a downpour of rain

References

• Spence, N.C.W. (1960). Glossary of Jersey-French. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 39.

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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. inflection of abate:
   1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. third-person plural present indicative

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Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟban ~ *ɟbaan (“skirt; girdle”).

Noun

abat

1. cloth, dress, garment

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a.bat
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbat/, [ʔɐˈbat]

Noun

abát

1. ambush; snare; waylaying

Derived terms

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