abatre

See also: abatré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əˈβa.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əˈba.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈba.tɾe]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atɾe

Verb

abatre (first-person singular present abato, first-person singular preterite abatí, past participle abatut)

1. to pull down; knock down, bring down, shoot down (cause to fall down)
2. to bring down (cause to become unhappy)
3. to bring down (e.g. an empire, regime)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abatre (second conjugation)

infinitive			abatre
gerund			abatent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abatut		abatuda
		plural		abatuts		abatudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	abato	abats	abat	abatem	abateu	abaten
	imperfect	abatia	abaties	abatia	abatíem	abatíeu	abatien
	future	abatré	abatràs	abatrà	abatrem	abatreu	abatran
	preterite	abatí	abateres	abaté	abatérem	abatéreu	abateren
	conditional	abatria	abatries	abatria	abatríem	abatríeu	abatrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	abati	abatis	abati	abatem	abateu	abatin
	imperfect	abatés	abatessis	abatés	abatéssim	abatéssiu	abatessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	abat	abati	abatem	abateu	abatin
	negative (no)	—	no abatis	no abati	no abatem	no abateu	no abatin

Derived terms

• abatedor
• abatible
• abatiment

References

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

Occitan

Alternative forms

• abàter (Gascony)

Etymology

From Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Languedoc):

  (file)

Verb

abatre

1. to knock down; to push down

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Old French

Alternative forms

• abattre

Etymology

From Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

Verb

abatre

1. to knock over; to knock down
2. to destroy; to slaughter
   • c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:

     Sis chastels fist abatre

     He destroyed six castles

   • c. 1200, Marie de France, Milun:

     Par ire se voldra cumbatre; s’il le puet del cheval abatre, dune sera il en fin honiz.

     By pure anger he wanted to fight; to slay him from his horse, in order to cover him in shame.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of abatre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abatre			avoir abatu
gerund		en abatant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		abatant
past participle		abatu
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	abat	abaz	abat	abatons	abatez	abatent
	imperfect	abatoie, abateie	abatoies, abateies	abatoit, abateit	abatiiens, abatiens	abatiiez, abatiez	abatoient, abateient
	preterite	abati	abatis	abatié	abatimes	abatistes	abatierent
	future	abatrai	abatras	abatra	abatrons	abatroiz, abatreiz, abatrez	abatront
	conditional	abatroie, abatreie	abatroies, abatreies	abatroit, abatreit	abatriiens, abatriens	abatriiez, abatriez	abatroient, abatreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	abate	abates	abate	abatons	abatez	abatent
	imperfect	abatisse	abatisses	abatist	abatissons, abatissiens	abatissoiz, abatissez, abatissiez	abatissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	abat	—	abatons	abatez	—

Descendants

• Bourguignon: aibaitre
• Middle French: abbatre, abatre, abattre, abbattre
  • French: abattre
• Norman: abattre, abat
• Walloon: abate
• → Middle English: abaten
  • English: abate