abaisser
French
/a.bɛː.se/
homophones-er
Definitions
- (literally) To lower; to reduce; to bring down
- (reflexive) To come or go down; to descend.
- (figuratively) To humble oneself, demean oneself, stoop; abase, degrade, humiliate.
Etymology
Inherited from Old French abaissier.
Origin
Old French
abaissier
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abaisse English
- apeak English
- bouillabaisse English
- à German
- à Hungarian
- ad Italian
- à Dutch, Flemish
- abaissable French
- abaissement French
- abaisseur French
- adroit French
- afin French
- amener French
- amâtiner French
- astheure French
- auquel French
- auxquelles French
- auxquels French
- bouillabaisse French
- bouillir French
- putaclic French
- rabaissement French
- rabaisser French
- touche-à-tout French
- vis-à-vis French
- à French
- à Norwegian Bokmål
- à Swedish
- ブイヤベース Japanese
- a Old French
- abaissier Old French
- bullabessa Catalan, Valencian
- μπουγιαμπέσα Greek (modern)
- ad Ido
- abaisser Middle French
- abaissar Occitan
- bolhabaissa Occitan
- bolhir Occitan
- abaissement Norwegian
- ann Haitian, Haitian Creole
- annou Haitian, Haitian Creole
- abes Mauritian Creole
- abese Mauritian Creole