abut

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English abutten, from Medieval Latin abuttare and Old French abuter, aboter, abouter (“to touch at one end, to come to an end, aim, reach”),[1][2] from Old French but (“end, aim, purpose”); akin to Old Norse butr (“piece of wood”)[1]. Equivalent to a- (“to”) +‎ butt (“boundary mark”).[3]

Verb[edit]

abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)

  1. (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
    It was a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.
    His land abuts on the road.
  2. (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. [First attested in the mid-19th century.][3]
Usage notes[edit]

Followed by any of the following words: upon, on or (obsolete) to.[1][3]

Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English abutten,[4] from Old French aboter (“to touch at one end, border on”),[1] abouter (“to join end to end”), abuter (“to buttress, to put an end to”), from a- (“towards”) + bout (“end”), boter, bouter (“to strike”),[5] buter (“to strike, finish”).[4] Equivalent to a- (“towards, change to”) +‎ butt (“push”)[3]

Verb[edit]

abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)

  1. (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. [First attested in the late 16th century.][3]
Usage notes[edit]

Followed by any of the following words: upon, on, or against.[1][3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
  2. ^ Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 7
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abut”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 11.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abut”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 6.
  5. ^ Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “abut”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 5.

Anagrams[edit]

Ayu[edit]

Noun[edit]

abút

  1. cloud

References[edit]

Balinese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabut, compare Hiligaynon gabut.

Verb[edit]

abut

  1. to pull

Hiligaynon[edit]

Verb[edit]

abút (frequentative abút-abút)

  1. to arrive at a place

Verb[edit]

abut (frequentative abút-ábut)

  1. to catch up with or overtake

Kapampangan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Philippine *qábut.[1]

Verb[edit]

ábut

  1. to reach
    E ku pa ayabutan
    I can’t grasp the meaning yet.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*qábut”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
  • Michael L. Forman (2019) Kapampangan Dictionary‎[1], University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2021-06-29, page 2

Kiput[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-North Sarawak *rabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rabut.

Verb[edit]

abut

  1. to pluck

Limos Kalinga[edit]

Noun[edit]

abút

  1. hole

Scots[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

abut

  1. Alternative form of abit

References[edit]

Tetum[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabut, compare Hiligaynon gabut.

Noun[edit]

abut

  1. root

Yola[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English aboute, abouten, from Old English abūtan.

Preposition[edit]

abut

  1. about

References[edit]

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 22
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