different between abator vs abaton

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??be?t.?/, /??be?t.?/

Etymology 1

From abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) +? -or. From Anglo-Norman.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

1. (law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee [Mid 16^th century.]

Translations

Etymology 2

From abate (“do away with”) +? -or. From Middle English, from Old French.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

1. (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [Late 16^th century.]

Translations

Related terms

• abatement

References

• abator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Tabora, rabato, robata

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba?t?r/

Verb

abator

1. future infinitive of abatar

Romanian

Etymology

From French abattoir

Noun

abator n (plural abatoare)

1. abattoir

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (ábaton).

Noun

abaton (plural abatons)

1. (historical) In Ancient Greece, an enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.

Translations

Anagrams

• botana

Esperanto

Noun

abaton

1. accusative singular of abato

Italian

Alternative forms

• abato (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (ábaton), nominalized neuter form of ?????? (ábatos, “inaccessible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.ba.ton/
• Hyphenation: à?ba?ton

Noun

abaton m (plural abata)

1. abaton

References

• abaton in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ábaton

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (ábaton).

Noun

abaton m (uncountable)

1. abaton (enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept)