abus
See also: Appendix:Variations of "abus"
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French abus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abus m (plural abus)
- abuse (improper usage)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “abus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Noun edit
abus (first-person possessive abusku, second-person possessive abusmu, third-person possessive abusnya)
- little coin
Latvian edit
Pronoun edit
abus
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French abus (“improper use”), from Latin abūsus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of abūtor, abūtī (“use up, exhaust, consume; waste, squander; misuse, abuse; use improperly”).
Noun edit
abus m (plural abus)
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin abusus, from the verb abutor (“I misuse, abuse”).
Noun edit
abus oblique singular, m (oblique plural abus, nominative singular abus, nominative plural abus)
Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Noun edit
abus m or f
Tok Pisin edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abus
- animal
- meat
- (hunting) game
- side-dish
- garnish
- (figuratively) Something that one likes and often has ('having it for breakfast')