abus

From Old French abus.

• IPA^(key): /a.by/

• abus

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abus m (plural abus)

1. abuse (improper usage)

• abuser
• abus d'autorité
• abus de confiance
• abus de langage
• abus de pouvoir
• abus sexuel

• “abus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

abus

1. accusative plural masculine form of abi

From Old French abus (“improper use”), from Latin abūsus (“misused, using up”), perfect active participle of abūtor, abūtī (“use up, exhaust, consume; waste, squander; misuse, abuse; use improperly”).

abus m (plural abus)

1. (Jersey) abuse

From Latin abusus, from the verb abutor (“I misuse, abuse”).

abus m (oblique plural abus, nominative singular abus, nominative plural abus)

1. excess
2. abuse

• French: abus, abuser
• Norman: abuser, abûther
• → Middle English: abusen
  • English: abuse
  • Scots: abuise

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• IPA^(key): /ˈabus/

abus

1. animal
2. meat
3. (hunting) game
4. side-dish
5. garnish
6. (figuratively) Something that one likes and often has ('having it for breakfast')

• abusim