abatre

See also: abatré

Catalan

Etymology

From , from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, present active infinitive of *abbatō, *abbatuō, from Latin battuō.

Pronunciation

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

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)

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• abàter

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, present active infinitive of *abbatō, *abbatuō, from Latin battuō.

Verb

abatre

1. to knock down; to push down

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *abbatere, present active infinitive of *abbatō, *abbatuō, from Latin battuō.

Verb

abatre

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

     Sis chastels fist abatre

     He destroyed six castles

   • circa 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

• Middle English: abaten
  • English: abate
• Middle French: abattre
  • French: abattre
• Norman: abattre
• Walloon: abate