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abbé

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See also: abbe, Abbe, Abbé, and Äbbe

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French abbé (abbot), from Latin abbās (abbot). Doublet of abbot.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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abbé (plural abbés)

  1. 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]
    Coordinate terms: canon, curate, deacon, vicar; abbot, priest, rector
    • 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.
  2. (obsolete) A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey. [mid 16th century]

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French abé, borrowed from Latin abbātem, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶ (abbâ), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, father). Compare English abbot.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.be/
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Noun

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abbé m (plural abbés, feminine abbesse)

  1. an abbot, the head of an abbey
  2. (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
    Coordinate terms: chanoine, diacre, prêtre; père (title)

Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of abbot): abbesse (abbess) (female head of an abbey)
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Descendants

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  • English: abbé
  • German: Abbé
  • Norwegian Bokmål: abbé
  • Slovak: abbé
  • Swedish: abbé

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɒbːeː]
  • Hyphenation: ab‧bé
  • Rhymes: -beː

Noun

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abbé (plural abbék)

  1. 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)
  2. (rare) abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)
    Synonym: apát

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
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

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References

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  1. ^ 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

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Old French abé, borrowed from Latin abbās, abbātis (abbot).

Noun

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abbé m (plural abbés)

  1. (Jersey) abbot

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Norwegian Bokmål

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French abbé from the 18th century.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /aˈbɛ/
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  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: a‧bbé

Noun

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abbé m (definite singular abbéen or abbeen, indefinite plural abbéer or abbeer, definite plural abbéene or abbeene)

  1. (Christianity) an abbé (a French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey)
  2. an abbé (an honorific title for a member of the French clergy)

References

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  • “abbé” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
  • abbé” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

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Slovak

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Etymology

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From the French abbé (abbot), from Latin abbās (abbot), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), ἀββα (abba), from Aramaic אבא (ʾabbāʾ, father). Doublet of opát.

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Noun

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abbé m pers

  1. abbot

Declension

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French abbé (abbot)

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Noun

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abbé c

  1. an abbot

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