abbé
English
/æˈbeɪ/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey.
- a member of the French clergy.
Etymology
Borrowed from French abbé (abbot) derived from Latin abbās (abbot, father).
Origin
Latin
abbās
Gloss
abbot, father
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
父
Emoji
🎅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abbas, abbās, abbātem Latin
- abbatia Latin
- abbatissa Latin
- abbatizo Latin
- abbās Latin
- abbātia Latin
- abbātīa Latin
- abthania Latin
- Abbé German
- Abt German
- Labbé French
- abbe, abbé French
- abbesse French
- abbé French
- ἀββᾶς Ancient Greek
- opat Polish
- abbat Old English
- abbod Old English
- thane Middle English
- abbati Old Norse
- abad Welsh
- abbet Middle Dutch
- abats Latvian
- ap Old Irish
- abbot Old Swedish
- abatas Lithuanian
- abt Western Frisian
- abad Breton
- abas Cornish