abt

See also: Abt, ABT, abt., Abt., and Äbt

Translingual

Symbol

abt

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Abelam.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ambulas terms

English

Noun

abt (uncountable)

1. (academics) Initialism of all but thesis.

Hyponyms

• ABD

Preposition

abt

2. (text messaging) Abbreviation of about.

   Alternative form: ab

Anagrams

• ATB, tab, B.T.A., BTA, TBA, Tab, bat, bat-, Bat-, BAT

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch abbet, ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑpt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: abt
• Rhymes: -ɑpt

Noun

abt m (plural abten, diminutive abtje n, feminine abdis)

1. an abbot, monastic superior of an abbey

Derived terms

• aartsabt
• abdij
• abtelijk

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ab

Estonian

Etymology

From German Abt.

Noun

abt (genitive abti, partitive abti)

1. abbot (head of a Catholic abbey)

Declension

Declension of abt (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		abt	abtid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	abti
genitive			abtide
partitive		abti	abte abtisid
illative		abti abtisse	abtidesse abtesse
inessive		abtis	abtides abtes
elative		abtist	abtidest abtest
allative		abtile	abtidele abtele
adessive		abtil	abtidel abtel
ablative		abtilt	abtidelt abtelt
translative		abtiks	abtideks abteks
terminative		abtini	abtideni
essive		abtina	abtidena
abessive		abtita	abtideta
comitative		abtiga	abtidega

Further reading

• abt in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “abt”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Maltese

Etymology

Inherited from Arabic إبْط (ʔibṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apt/

• Audio (Gozo):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apt

Noun

abt m (dual abtejn, plural abtijiet)

1. armpit

Inflection

Inflection of abt

		singular		plural
		m	f
singular	1st person	abti		abtna
	2nd person	abtek		abtkom
	3rd person	abtu	abtha	abthom
plural	1st person	abtejja		abtejna
	2nd person	abtejk		abtejkom
	3rd person	abtejh	abtejha	abtejhom

Derived terms

• abti

West Frisian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apt/

Noun

abt c (plural abten)

1. abbot (the monastic superior of an abbey)

Alternative forms

• abbet (formal)

Further reading

• “abt”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011