aborter

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English

Etymology

From abort +‎ -er.

Noun

aborter (plural aborters)

  1. One who or that which aborts.
    • 1927, Infectious Abortion of Cattle, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1536, p. 6,
      Although cows which have aborted may conceive at the first service, it is often necessary to breed an aborter repeatedly before conception takes place.
    1. (derogatory) One who has an abortion.
      • 1992, D. C. Reardon, chapter 1, in Life Stories‎, Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, page 8:
        […] these findings are consistent with other studies which have shown that most aborters tend to be highly informed about contraceptives but failed to use them at the time they became pregnant.
  2. (rare) One who performs an abortion.
    • 1963, Richard H. Kuh, “A Prosecutor Considers the Model Penal Code”, in Columbia Law Review‎, 63.4, p. 616:
      But when is one an accomplice? Is a thief the accomplice of his receiver, a briber the accomplice of the official he corrupts […] an abortee the accomplice of the aborter […] ?

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • (noun): IPA(key): /aˈbɔʈər/, /aˈbɔʁtər/
  • (verb): IPA(key): /abɔˈʈeːr/, /abɔʁˈteːr/
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  • Rhymes: -ər, -eːr
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧er

Noun

aborter m

  1. indefinite plural of abort

Verb

aborter

  1. imperative of abortere

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Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English aborter. First attested in 1978.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

aborter m pers (female equivalent aborterka)

  1. (medicine) aborter (person performing a medical abortion)
    Synonyms: aborcjonista, aborcjonistka

Declension

Declension of aborter
singular plural
nominative aborter aborterzy/abortery (deprecative)
genitive abortera aborterów
dative aborterowi aborterom
accusative abortera aborterów
instrumental aborterem aborterami
locative aborterze aborterach
vocative aborterze aborterzy
adjectives
adverb
nouns
verb

References

  1. ^ aborter in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

  • aborter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • aborter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

aborter

  1. indefinite plural of abort
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