abuser

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English

Etymology

From abuse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

abuser (plural abusers)

  1. One who abuses someone or something.
    drug abuser
    cocaine abuser
    child abuser
    abuser of my generosity
  2. (obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Russian: абью́зер (abʹjúzer)

Translations

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abuser”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From abus +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

abuser

  1. to mislead
  2. to take advantage (especially sexually)
  3. to abuse (use improperly)
  4. (intransitive, slang) to go too far
    Synonym: exagérer
    Mec, t’abuses, ça fait au moins trente minutes que je t’attends ! ― Dude, you're taking advantage, it's been at least thirty minutes I've been waiting for you!

Conjugation

Conjugation of abuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abuser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abusant
/a.by.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abusé
/a.by.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abuse
/a.byz/ 		abuses
/a.byz/ 		abuse
/a.byz/ 		abusons
/a.by.zɔ̃/ 		abusez
/a.by.ze/ 		abusent
/a.byz/
imperfect abusais
/a.by.zɛ/ 		abusais
/a.by.zɛ/ 		abusait
/a.by.zɛ/ 		abusions
/a.by.zjɔ̃/ 		abusiez
/a.by.zje/ 		abusaient
/a.by.zɛ/
past historic2 abusai
/a.by.ze/ 		abusas
/a.by.za/ 		abusa
/a.by.za/ 		abusâmes
/a.by.zam/ 		abusâtes
/a.by.zat/ 		abusèrent
/a.by.zɛʁ/
future abuserai
/a.byz.ʁe/ 		abuseras
/a.byz.ʁa/ 		abusera
/a.byz.ʁa/ 		abuserons
/a.byz.ʁɔ̃/ 		abuserez
/a.byz.ʁe/ 		abuseront
/a.byz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abuserais
/a.byz.ʁɛ/ 		abuserais
/a.byz.ʁɛ/ 		abuserait
/a.byz.ʁɛ/ 		abuserions
/a.by.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abuseriez
/a.by.zə.ʁje/ 		abuseraient
/a.byz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abuse
/a.byz/ 		abuses
/a.byz/ 		abuse
/a.byz/ 		abusions
/a.by.zjɔ̃/ 		abusiez
/a.by.zje/ 		abusent
/a.byz/
imperfect2 abusasse
/a.by.zas/ 		abusasses
/a.by.zas/ 		abusât
/a.by.za/ 		abusassions
/a.by.za.sjɔ̃/ 		abusassiez
/a.by.za.sje/ 		abusassent
/a.by.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abuse
/a.byz/ 		— abusons
/a.by.zɔ̃/ 		abusez
/a.by.ze/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin abūsus (“consumed, wasted, misused”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

abuser

  1. (Jersey) to abuse

References

  • Spence, N.C.W. (1960). Glossary of Jersey-French. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 40.
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