abbé
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French abbé (“abbot”), from Latin abbās (“abbot”). Doublet of abbot.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /æˈbeɪ/, /ˈæb.eɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
editabbé (plural abbés)
- (obsolete) A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey. [mid 16th century]
- An honorific title for a member of the French clergy. [mid 16th century]
Translations
editReferences
edit- 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
editFrench
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French abé, borrowed from Latin abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Compare English abbot.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editabbé m (plural abbés, feminine abbesse)
- an abbot, the head of an abbey
- (dated) a title or honorific given to priests in general
- Synonym: père
Antonyms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “abbé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French abbé (“abbot”), from Latin abbās (“abbot”),[1] from Ancient Greek ἀββα, ἀββᾶς (abba, abbâs, “father; abbot”), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of apát.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editabbé (plural abbék)
- abbé (member of the French clergy)
- 1878, Ferenc Fiáth, Életem és élményeim, volume 1, Budapest: Tettey Nándor és Társa, page 157:
- Mert míg a középnemesség, szive minden költészetével ragaszkodott hazájához, nemzetiségéhez, szokásaihoz: addig főuraink legfölebb szánalommal néztek ezen törekvéseinkre; gyermekeiket otthon tanítatták német Hofmeisterek vagy franczia „abbék“ által.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
- Synonym: apát
Declension
editInflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | abbé | abbék |
accusative | abbét | abbékat |
dative | abbénak | abbéknak |
instrumental | abbéval | abbékkal |
causal-final | abbéért | abbékért |
translative | abbévá | abbékká |
terminative | abbéig | abbékig |
essive-formal | abbéként | abbékként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | abbéban | abbékban |
superessive | abbén | abbékon |
adessive | abbénál | abbéknál |
illative | abbéba | abbékba |
sublative | abbéra | abbékra |
allative | abbéhoz | abbékhoz |
elative | abbéból | abbékból |
delative | abbéról | abbékról |
ablative | abbétól | abbéktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
abbéé | abbéké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
abbééi | abbékéi |
Possessive forms of abbé | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | abbém | abbéim |
2nd person sing. | abbéd | abbéid |
3rd person sing. | abbéja | abbéi |
1st person plural | abbénk | abbéink |
2nd person plural | abbétok | abbéitok |
3rd person plural | abbéjuk | abbéik |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
edit- abbé in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French abé, borrowed from Latin abbās, abbātis (“abbot”).
Noun
editabbé m (plural abbés)
Coordinate terms
edit- abbêsse (“abbess”)
Related terms
edit- abbaye (“abbey”)
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom French abbé (“abbot; honorific given to priests”), from Old French [Term?], from Latin abbās, abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), alternative form of ἀββα (abba, “father; title of respect given to abbots”) from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father, teacher, chief”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Doublet of abbed and abba.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editabbé m (definite singular abbéen or abbeen, indefinite plural abbéer or abbeer, definite plural abbéene or abbeene)
- (Christianity) an abbé (a French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey)
- an abbé (an honorific title for a member of the French clergy)
References
editAnagrams
editSlovak
editEtymology
editFrom the French abbé (“abbot”), from Latin abbās (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא (ʾabbāʾ, “father”). Doublet of opát.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editabbé m anim (genitive singular abbého, nominative plural abbéovia, declension pattern of kuli)
Declension
editReferences
edit- “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
Swedish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French abbé (“abbot”)
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -eː
Noun
editabbé c
- an abbot
Declension
editDeclension of abbé | ||||
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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
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- en:Monasticism
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- fr:Monasticism
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/beː
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- hu:Monasticism
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- Jersey Norman
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- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɛ
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- sk:Monasticism
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- Rhymes:Swedish/eː
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- sv:Monasticism