abbot

See also: Abbot

English

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Etymology

From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin abbās (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of abba, abbé, and bwana.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ət/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.ət/
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Homophones: Abbot, Abbott
Rhymes: -æbət

Noun

abbot (plural abbots)

The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. [First attested around the early 12^th century.]^[1]^[2]
The newly appointed abbot decided to take a tour of the abbey with the cardinal's emissary.
The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
(archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.^[3]^[4]
(archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.^[3]^[4]

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Gullah: aabut

Translations

superior or head of an abbey or monastery

Afrikaans: ab (af), kloostervoog
Albanian: kryemurg m
Arabic: رَئِيس الدَّيْر (raʔīs ad-dayr)
Armenian: աբբահայր (hy) (abbahayr), աբբա (hy) (abba), վանահայր (hy) (vanahayr)
Asturian: abá m
Basque: abade (eu)
Belarusian: аба́т m (abát)
Breton: abad (br) m
Bulgarian: игумен (bg) (igumen), аба́т (bg) m (abát)
Burmese: ဆရာတော် (my) (hca.ratau)
Catalan: abat (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 方丈 (zh) (fāngzhàng), 住持 (zh) (zhùchí)
Cornish: abas m
Crimean Tatar: abbat
Czech: opat (cs) m
Danish: abbed (da)
Dutch: abt (nl)
Esperanto: abato (eo)
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: abbati m
Finnish: apotti (fi)
French: abbé (fr) m
Frisian:
West Frisian: abt c, abbet c
Galician: abade (gl) m
Georgian: აბატი (ka) (abaṭi)
German: Abt (de) m
Greek: ηγούμενος (el) (igoúmenos)
Gullah: aabut
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: apát (hu)
Icelandic: ábóti (is) m
Ido: abado (io)
Indonesian: abas (id)
Interlingua: abbate
Irish: ab m, luamh m
Italian: abate (it) m
Japanese: 修道院長 (ja) (shūdōinchō), 住持 (ja) (jūji)
Korean: 승정(僧正) (seungjeong), 수도원장(修道院長) (sudowonjang)
Latin: abbās m, archimandrīta m
Latvian: abats (lv) m
Lithuanian: abatas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Abt m
Macedonian: опат m (opat), игумен m (igumen)
Malay: abbas
Malayalam: മഠാധിപതി (ml) (maṭhādhipati)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Manx: abb m, fer-reill abban m
Māori: apota
Mongolian: хамба лам (mn) (xamba lam)
Neapolitan: abbate m
Norman: abbé m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: abbed (no) m
Occitan: abat (oc) m
Old Galician-Portuguese: abade m
Pali: saṅghaṇāyaka m (Buddhism)
Persian: راهب بزرگ (râheb-e bozorg)
Polish: opat (pl) m pers
Portuguese: abade (pt) m
Romagnol: abêt m
Romanian: egumen (ro) m, stareț (ro) m
Russian: абба́т (ru) m (abbát), настоя́тель (ru) m (nastojátelʹ), игу́мен (ru) m (igúmen) (Orthodox)
Serbo-Croatian: игуман m, iguman (sh) m, опат m, opat (sh) m
Slovak: opát (sk) m
Slovene: opat (sl) m
Spanish: abad (es) m
Swahili: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: abbot (sv)
Tagalog: abad (tl)
Thai: เจ้าอาวาส (th) (jâao-aa-wâat)
Turkish: başrahip (tr), başkeşiş (tr), başpapaz (tr)
Ukrainian: аба́т (uk) m (abát)
Vietnamese: (Christianity) (cha) trưởng tu viện/ (Buddhism) phương trượng trong tùng lâm, (Buddhism) trụ trì tự viện
Volapük: (male or female) lepädan (vo), (male) hilepädan
Welsh: abad (cy) m
Zulu: please add this translation if you can

References

^ Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 2
^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbot”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “abbot”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 3.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890), “abbot”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 4.

Webster 1913

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish abbot, abot, abbote, abote, from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of abbé.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈabːɔt/

Noun

abbot c

an abbot

Declension

Declension of **abbot**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	abbot	abbots
singular	definite	abboten	abbotens
plural	indefinite	abbotar	abbotars
plural	definite	abbotarna	abbotarnas

Related terms

References

“abbot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“abbot”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

[1] Elliott K. Dobbie, C. William Dunmore, Robert K. Barnhart, et al. (editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004 [1998], →ISBN), page 2

[2] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbot”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

[barrere-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “abbot”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 3.

[farmer-4] 4.0 ^4.1 John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890), “abbot”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 4.

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