abbaye

NounEdit

abbaye (plural abbayes)

1. Archaic form of abbey.
   • 1795, A History and Description of the Royal Abbaye of Saint Denis, page 71:

     […] his coronation robes, &c. were deposited in the Abbaye; […]

ReferencesEdit

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 2

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /a.bɛ.i/

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NounEdit

abbaye f (plural abbayes)

1. abbey

External linksEdit

• “abbaye” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

EtymologyEdit

From Latin abbātia.

NounEdit

abbaye f (plural abbayes)

1. abbey

Related termsEdit

• abbé (“abbot”)
• abbêsse (“abbess”)