abattre

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French

Etymology

    Inherited from Middle French abbatre, from Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.batʁ/
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    Verb

    abattre

    1. to butcher; to slaughter for meat
    2. to shoot dead
    3. to cut down (a tree)
    4. to destroy or demolish (a wall)
    5. (reflexive) to fall down, especially of tall things, such as trees
    6. (pronominal) to descend upon with violence or furor
      • 2021 December 16, Cécile Ducourtieux, “Au Royaume-Uni, la progression d’Omicron est « stupéfiante, jamais observée jusqu’à présent »”, in Le Monde:
        « Fulgurante », « phénoménale » ou « stupéfiante » : les conseillers scientifiques du gouvernement britannique n’ont pas de mots assez forts pour qualifier la vague Omicron qui s’abat sur le Royaume-Uni.
        "Striking", "phenomenal", or "stupefying": the scientific advisers to the British government do not have words strong enough to describe the Omicron wave which descending upon the United Kingdom.
    7. (pronominal, of lightning) to strike

    Conjugation

    This verb is conjugated like battre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs), except that instead of *abatt and *abatts, it has the forms abat and abats. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.

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    Etymology

    From Old French abatre, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    abattre

    1. (Jersey) to knock down

    References

    • Spence, N.C.W. (1960). Glossary of Jersey-French. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 39.