abbé

See also: abbe, Abbe, Abbé, and Äbbe

English

Alternative forms

• abbe

Etymology

Borrowed from French abbot, from Latin abbās (“abbot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æˈbeɪ/, /ˈæb.eɪ/

Noun

abbé (plural abbés)

1. (obsolete) A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey. [mid 16th century]
2. An honorific title for a member of the French clergy. [mid 16th century]

Translations

French clergy

• Dutch: abbé (nl) m,
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

References

• William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abbé”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 2.
• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2
• Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “abbé”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 2.
• Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 2
• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbé”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

Anagrams

• Babe, babe

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French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin abbās, abbātem, from , from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Compare English abbot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.be/

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Noun

abbé m (plural abbés, feminine abbesse)

1. an abbot, the head of an abbey
2. (dated) a title or honorific given to priests in general

Synonyms

• (title): père

Antonyms

• (abbot): abbesse (abbess) (female head of an abbey)

Related terms

• abbatial
• abbatiale
• abbaye
• abbesse

Descendants

• → English: abbé
• → Slovak: abbé
• → Swedish: abbé

Further reading

• “abbé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin abbās, abbātis (“abbot”).

Noun

abbé m (plural abbés)

1. (Jersey) abbot

Coordinate terms

• abbêsse (“abbess”)

Related terms

• abbaye (“abbey”)

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Slovak

Etymology

From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French abbé (“abbot”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin abbās (“abbot”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), ἀββα (abba), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Aramaic אבא (ʾabbāʾ, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabbɛː/

Noun

abbé m (genitive singular abbého, nominative plural abbéovia, declension pattern of kuli)

1. abbot

Declension

Declension of abbé

	singular	plural
nominative	abbé	abbéovia
genitive	abbého	abbéov
dative	abbému	abbéom
accusative	abbého	abbéov
locative	abbém	abbéoch
instrumental	abbém	abbéami

References

• “abbé”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

abbé c

1. an abbot

Declension

Declension of abbé
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	abbé	abbén	abbéer	abbéerna
Genitive	abbés	abbéns	abbéers	abbéernas

Declension of abbé
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	abbé	abbéen	abbéer	abbéerna
Genitive	abbés	abbéens	abbéers	abbéernas

Further reading

• abbé in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Abbe
• Ebba