abat

Albanian

Etymology

Compare Italian abate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈbat]

Noun

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

1. abbot

Further reading

• “abat”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980

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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 , from Latin abbās, abbātem (“abbot”), from , from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈbat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [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

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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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Hiligaynon

Verb

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:

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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