abattre
French
verb
Definitions
- to butcher; to slaughter for meat
- to shoot dead
- to cut down a tree
- to destroy or demolish a wall
- (reflexive) to fall down, especially of tall things, such as trees
- (pronominal) to descend upon with violence or furor
- (pronominal) to strike
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French abattre inherited from Old French abatre (beat down) inherited from Latin *abbatere, battuō (beat, strike, fight, hit, pound, I beat, I fight).
Origin
Latin
battuō
Gloss
beat, strike, fight, hit, pound, I beat, I fight
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abat-voix English
- abatable English
- abate English
- abatee English
- abatement English
- abater English
- abatest English
- abateth English
- abatjour English
- abator English
- abattage English
- abattoir English
- *abbatere Latin
- *abbatō Latin
- *bataclum Latin
- abbatto Latin
- battere Latin
- battetura Latin
- battuō Latin
- battālia Latin
- battō Latin
- abbattere Italian
- abbattibile Italian
- abbattimento Italian
- abbattitore Italian
- abbattitrice Italian
- abbattuta Italian
- riabbattere Italian
- abattoir Dutch, Flemish
- abat-jour French
- abat-voix French
- abattable French
- abattage French
- abattement French
- abatteur French
- abattis French
- abattoir French
- jour French
- аба-вуа Russian
- абажу́р Russian
- абажур Russian
- abatir Spanish, Castilian
- batalla Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- abajur Portuguese
- abatedouro Portuguese
- abater Portuguese
- abatimento Portuguese
- abażur Polish
- abaten Middle English
- أباجور Arabic
- abateure Old French
- abatre Old French
- baterie Old French
- batre Old French
- batte Old French
- abaĵuro Esperanto
- abažur Serbo-Croatian
- абажур Serbo-Croatian
- abatre Catalan, Valencian
- abater Galician
- abajur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- abataj Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- abate Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bătător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- آباژور Persian
- αμπαζούρ Greek (modern)
- abažūrs Latvian
- abatajaro Ido
- abatar Ido
- abajur Turkish
- abattre Norman
- абажур Bulgarian
- abazhur Albanian
- abatement Middle French
- abattre Middle French
- abbatre Middle French
- abater Old Portuguese
- აბაჟური Georgian
- абажур Ukrainian
- strãbat Aromanian
- abatre Occitan
- abàter Occitan
- abažūras Lithuanian
- abaxùr Ligurian
- abàtte Ligurian
- bot Dalmatian
- abazour Mauritian Creole
- أبجورة Hijazi Arabic
- abajur Crimean Tatar
- aibaitre Bourguignon
- batoaare Moore