abator
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈbeɪt.ə/, /əˈbeɪt.ɚ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: a‧ba‧tor
Etymology 1 edit
From abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) + -or.[1] From Anglo-Norman.
Noun edit
abator (plural abators)
- (law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee [Mid 16th century.] [2]
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
From abate (“do away with”) + -or.[1] From Middle English, from Old French.
Noun edit
abator (plural abators)
Translations edit
Translations
Related terms edit
References edit
- “abator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abator”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.
Anagrams edit
Ido edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
abator
- future infinitive of abatar
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French abattoir.
Noun edit
abator n (plural abatoare)
Declension edit
Declension of abator
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) abator | abatorul | (niște) abatoare | abatoarele |
genitive/dative | (unui) abator | abatorului | (unor) abatoare | abatoarelor |
vocative | abatorule | abatoarelor |