Abate

See also: abate, abaté, abatē, abatė, abatę, and abâte

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Abate.

Proper noun

Abate (plural Abates)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Abate is the 7644^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4344 individuals. Abate is most common among White (84.94%) and Black/African American (10.22%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Abate”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian abate or from Spanish abate. Doublet of Abt.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Abate m (weak, genitive Abaten, plural Abaten)

1. (religion) abbot

Declension

Declension of Abate [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Abate	die	Abaten
genitive	eines	des	Abaten	der	Abaten
dative	einem	dem	Abaten	den	Abaten
accusative	einen	den	Abaten	die	Abaten

Further reading

• “Abate” in Duden online
• “Abate” in Duden online
• “Abate” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Etymology

From abate (“abbot”).

Proper noun

Abate m or f by sense

1. a surname originating as an occupation

Anagrams

• batea, beata

Latin

Proper noun

Abate

1. vocative singular of Abatos