abbé
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French abbé (“abbot”), from Latin abbās (“abbot”). Doublet of abbot.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /æˈbeɪ/, /ˈæb.eɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Noun
[edit]abbé (plural abbés)
- A low-ranking member of the Roman Catholic clergy in France who is not a member of a religious order, is not a priest, and can marry and inherit property; an honorific title for such a clergymember. [mid 16th century]
- 2011, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 15:
- At graduation [Pierre Simon] Laplace faced an anguishing dilemma. His master’s degree permitted him to take either the priestly vows of celibacy or the title of abbé, signifying a low-ranking clergyman who could marry and inherit property. Abbés did not have good reputations; Voltaire called them “that indefinable being which is neither ecclesiastic nor secular . . . young men, who are known for their debauchery.” An engraving of the period, “What Does the Abbé Think of It?” shows the clergyman peering appreciatively down a lady’s bosom as she dresses. Still, the elder Laplace wanted his son to become a clergyman. If Laplace had been willing to become an abbé, his father might have helped him financially, and Laplace could have combined church and science. A number of abbés supported themselves in science, the most famous being Jean Antoine Nollet, who demonstrated spectacular physics experiments to the paying public.
- (obsolete) A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey. [mid 16th century]
Translations
[edit]References
[edit]- William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abbé”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 2.
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2
- Christine A. Lindberg, editor (2002), “abbé”, in The Oxford College Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Spark Publishing, →ISBN, page 2.
- Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 2
- Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbé”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French abé, borrowed from Latin abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Compare English abbot.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abbé m (plural abbés, feminine abbesse)
- an abbot, the head of an abbey
- (dated) a low-ranking member of the Roman Catholic clergy in France who is not a member of a religious order, is not a priest, and can marry and inherit property; an honorific title for such a clergymember
Antonyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “abbé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French abbé (“abbot”), from Latin abbās (“abbot”),[1] from Ancient Greek ἀββα, ἀββᾶς (abba, abbâs, “father; abbot”), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of apát.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abbé (plural abbék)
- abbé (member of the French clergy)
- 1878, Ferenc Fiáth, Életem és élményeim, volume 1, Budapest: Tettey Nándor és Társa, page 157:
- Mert míg a középnemesség, szive minden költészetével ragaszkodott hazájához, nemzetiségéhez, szokásaihoz: addig főuraink legfölebb szánalommal néztek ezen törekvéseinkre; gyermekeiket otthon tanítatták német Hofmeisterek vagy franczia „abbék“ által.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
- Synonym: apát
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | abbé | abbék |
accusative | abbét | abbékat |
dative | abbénak | abbéknak |
instrumental | abbéval | abbékkal |
causal-final | abbéért | abbékért |
translative | abbévá | abbékká |
terminative | abbéig | abbékig |
essive-formal | abbéként | abbékként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | abbéban | abbékban |
superessive | abbén | abbékon |
adessive | abbénál | abbéknál |
illative | abbéba | abbékba |
sublative | abbéra | abbékra |
allative | abbéhoz | abbékhoz |
elative | abbéból | abbékból |
delative | abbéról | abbékról |
ablative | abbétól | abbéktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
abbéé | abbéké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
abbééi | abbékéi |
Possessive forms of abbé | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | abbém | abbéim |
2nd person sing. | abbéd | abbéid |
3rd person sing. | abbéja | abbéi |
1st person plural | abbénk | abbéink |
2nd person plural | abbétok | abbéitok |
3rd person plural | abbéjuk | abbéik |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- abbé in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French abé, borrowed from Latin abbās, abbātis (“abbot”).
Noun
[edit]abbé m (plural abbés)
Coordinate terms
[edit]- abbêsse (“abbess”)
Related terms
[edit]- abbaye (“abbey”)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French abbé (“abbot; honorific given to priests”), from Old French [Term?], from Latin abbās, abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), alternative form of ἀββα (abba, “father; title of respect given to abbots”) from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father, teacher, chief”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Doublet of abbed and abba.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abbé m (definite singular abbéen or abbeen, indefinite plural abbéer or abbeer, definite plural abbéene or abbeene)
- (Christianity) an abbé (a French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey)
- an abbé (an honorific title for a member of the French clergy)
References
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[edit]Slovak
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the French abbé (“abbot”), from Latin abbās (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא (ʾabbāʾ, “father”). Doublet of opát.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]abbé m pers
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “abbé”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French abbé (“abbot”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eː
Noun
[edit]abbé c
- an abbot
Declension
[edit]Further reading
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- Rhymes:English/eɪ
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- en:Monasticism
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- fr:Monasticism
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/beː
- Rhymes:Hungarian/beː/2 syllables
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- hu:Monasticism
- Norman terms inherited from Old French
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- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Christianity
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- Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɛ
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- sk:Monasticism
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- Rhymes:Swedish/eː
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- sv:Monasticism