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French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French abus.
Pronunciation
Noun
abus m (plural abus)
- abuse (improper usage)
Derived terms
Further reading
Indonesian
Noun
abus (first-person possessive abusku, second-person possessive abusmu, third-person possessive abusnya)
- little coin
Latvian
Pronoun
abus
- accusative plural masculine of abi
Norman
Etymology
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”).
Noun
abus m (plural abus)
- (Jersey) abuse
Old French
Etymology
From Latin abusus, from the verb abutor (“I misuse, abuse”).
Noun
abus oblique singular, m (oblique plural abus, nominative singular abus, nominative plural abus)
- excess
- abuse
Descendants
Spanish
Noun
abus m or f
- plural of abu
Tok Pisin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
abus
- animal
- meat
- (hunting) game
- side-dish
- garnish
- (figuratively) Something that one likes and often has ('having it for breakfast')
Derived terms