abut

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Verbo

abut (3ª persona sing. presente abuts, participio presente abutting, passato semplice e participio passato abutted)

  1. (intransitivo) confinare, essere confinante, adiacente o contiguo con (richiede la preposizione on oppure onto)
  2. (intransitivo), (architettura) di palazzi o costruzioni, poggiare, reggersi (richiede la preposizione on oppure onto)

Pronuncia

  • IPA: /əˈbʌt/

Etimologia / Derivazione

dal francese antico aboter (si confronti con il moderno abouter)

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