abus

Inherited from Old French abus.

• IPA^(key): /a.by/

• abus

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abus m (plural abus)

1. abuse (improper usage)

• abuser
• abus d’autorité
• abus de confiance
• abus de langage
• abus de pouvoir
• abus sexuel

• “abus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

abus (first-person possessive abusku, second-person possessive abusmu, third-person possessive abusnya)

1. little coin

abus

1. accusative plural masculine of abi

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”).

abus m (plural abus)

1. (Jersey) abuse

From Latin abusus, from the verb abutor (“I misuse, abuse”).

abus oblique singular, m (oblique plural abus, nominative singular abus, nominative plural abus)

1. excess
2. abuse

• French: abus, abuser
• Norman: abuser, abûther
• → Middle English: abusen
  • English: abuse
  • Scots: abuise

abus m or f

1. plural of abu

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• IPA^(key): /ˈabus/

abus

1. animal
2. meat
3. (hunting) game
4. side-dish
5. garnish
6. (figuratively) Something that one likes and often has ('having it for breakfast')

• abusim