abbattere
Italian (Fiorentino)
verb
Definitions
- to throw down; to knock down; to bring down; to fell
- to demolish; to destroy
- to topple; to overthrow
- to reduce dramatically; to cut; to slash
- to dismay; to demoralize; to discourage
- to kill; to put down
- to destroy an argument, etc.; to refute; to rebut
- (obsolete) to leave ajar
- (obsolete) to lower
- (obsolete) to abolish
- (neologism) to blast chill to quickly cool down
Etymology
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
- abatis English
- *abbatere Latin
- *abbatō Latin
- *bataclum Latin
- battere Latin
- battetura Latin
- battuō Latin
- battālia Latin
- battō Latin
- abbattibile Italian
- abbattimento Italian
- abbattitore Italian
- abbattitrice Italian
- abbattuta Italian
- riabbattere Italian
- abat-jour French
- abat-voix French
- abattable French
- abattage French
- abattement French
- abatteur French
- abattis French
- abattoir French
- abattre French
- abatible Spanish, Castilian
- abatimiento Spanish, Castilian
- abatir Spanish, Castilian
- batalla Spanish, Castilian
- batir Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- abatedouro Portuguese
- abater Portuguese
- abatimento Portuguese
- abatre Old French
- baterie Old French
- batre Old French
- batte Old French
- abatre Catalan, Valencian
- abate Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bătător Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- abatar Ido
- abattre Middle French
- abater Old Portuguese
- strãbat Aromanian
- abatre Occitan
- abàter Occitan
- abàtte Ligurian
- bot Dalmatian