abus
See also: Appendix:Variations of "abus"
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Old French abus.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editabus m (plural abus)
- abuse (improper usage)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “abus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
editNoun
editabus (plural abus-abus)
- little coin
Latvian
editPronoun
editabus
Malay
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abus.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editabus (Jawi spelling ابوس)
Noun
editabus (Jawi spelling ابوس, plural abus-abus)
Further reading
edit- “abus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- “abus” in Kamus Etimologi Bahasa Melayu Dewan, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2024, →ISBN.
Middle Low German
editNoun
editabus n
- Something which causes a sensation or a stir; something that astonishes.
References
edit- Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014) Entry: abûs
- Lübben, August und Christoph Walther Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Vol II, 1888. Published by Norden und Leipzig. Entry: abūs
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editabus m (plural abus)
Old French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin abusus, from the verb abutor (“I misuse, abuse”).
Noun
editabus oblique singular, m (oblique plural abus, nominative singular abus, nominative plural abus)
Descendants
editSpanish
editNoun
editabus m or f
Tok Pisin
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editabus
- animal
- meat
- (hunting) game
- side-dish
- garnish
- (figuratively) Something that one likes and often has ('having it for breakfast')
Derived terms
editCategories:
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Violence
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Latvian non-lemma forms
- Latvian pronoun forms
- Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Malay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Malay 2-syllable words
- Malay terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Malay/bus
- Rhymes:Malay/us
- Rhymes:Malay/us/2 syllables
- Malay lemmas
- Malay adjectives
- Malay nouns
- Malay terms with historical senses
- Middle Low German lemmas
- Middle Low German nouns
- Middle Low German neuter nouns
- Norman terms derived from Old French
- Norman terms derived from Latin
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Jersey Norman
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish noun forms
- Tok Pisin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tok Pisin lemmas
- Tok Pisin nouns
- tpi:Hunting