abbé

English

Alternative forms

• abbe

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /æˈbeɪ/, /ˈæb.eɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

abbé (plural abbés)

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

Translations

References

• 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 , →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 , →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

• Babe, babe

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.be/

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Noun

abbé m (plural abbés, feminine abbesse)

1. an abbot, the head of an abbey
2. (dated) a title or honorific given to priests in general

   Synonym: père

Antonyms

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

Related terms

• abbatial
• abbatiale
• abbaye
• abbesse

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “abbé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from French abbé (“abbot”), from Latin abbās (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββα, ἀββᾶς (abba, abbâs, “father; abbot”), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of apát.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ab‧bé
• Rhymes: -beː

Noun

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

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• abbé in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

abbé m (plural abbés)

1. (Jersey) abbot

Coordinate terms

• abbêsse (“abbess”)

Related terms

• abbaye (“abbey”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• abbed

Etymology

From French abbé (“abbot; honorific given to priests”), from Old French , 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

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɛ/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: a‧bbé

Noun

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

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

Anagrams

• babe, ebba

Slovak

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key):

Noun

abbé m anim (genitive singular abbého, nominative plural abbéovia, declension pattern of kuli)

1. abbot

Declension

References

• “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, 2024

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French abbé (“abbot”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

abbé c

1. an abbot

Declension

Further reading

• abbé in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• Abbe
• Ebba