English

Noun

abater ‎(plural abaters)

1. One who, or that which, abates. [Early 19^th century.]^[1]

Translations

References

1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese abater, from Vulgar Latin *abbatere, present active infinitive of *abbatō, *abbatuō, from Latin battuō, from Gaulish.

Cognate with Galician abater, Spanish abatir, Catalan abatre, French abattre, Italian abbattere, and Romanian abate.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐ.ˈteɾ/, [ɐ.βɐ.ˈteɾ]
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ter

Verb

abater ‎(first-person singular present indicative abato, past participle abatido)

1. to collapse
2. to topple
3. to slaughter
4. to abate, weaken

Conjugation

Related terms

• bater