different between abe vs abs

English

Etymology

Probably a- +? be.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??bi/

Verb

abe

1. (intransitive, infinitive, Britain, uncommon) To be.
   • 1839, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 527:

     Let it abe, I say.

References

• Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ?ISBN), page 3

Anagrams

• AEB, BAe, BEA, Bae, Bea, EAB, aeb, bae, eba

Abinomn

Noun

abe

1. elder sister

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??be/
• Hyphenation: a?be

Verb

abé

1. (transitive) do
2. (transitive) make
3. (transitive) operate
4. (transitive) execute

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985) , “abe”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, ?ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?^[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly related to avë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a?b?]

Noun

abe f (indefinite plural abe, definite singular abeja, definite plural abet)

1. shadow
2. (regional) spectre, phantasm
3. (regional) gracefulness
4. (colloquial) alphabet

Further reading

• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, ?ISBN, page 27 (abé)

Cimbrian

Etymology

The sense “south” may be reinforced by or a semantic loan from Venetian: vago zò a Roma (“I go south to Rome”, literally “I go down to Rome”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adverb

abe (Sette Comuni)

1. down
2. south, down south

Synonyms

• abar, iidar

Antonyms

• au

Derived terms

• denaabe

References

• “abe” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?b?/, [?æ?b??]
• Rhymes: -a?b?

Etymology 1

From Old Norse api (“fool”).

Noun

abe c (singular definite aben, plural indefinite aber)

1. monkey
2. ape

Inflection

Synonyms

• abekat

Derived terms

• fjeldabe

Etymology 2

From Old Norse apa, from api (“fool”).

Verb

abe (imperative ab, infinitive at abe, present tense aber, past tense abede, perfect tense har abet)

1. mimic, ape

Synonyms

• abe efter
• efterabe

Kom (Cameroon)

Adverb

abe

1. outside (of)

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.be/

Verb

abe

1. may (to be allowed)

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?^[4], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Lun Bawang

Noun

abe

1. earring.

See also

• abey

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin avis, avem (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwis (“bird”).

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

1. bird

Picard

Etymology

From Old French arbre.

Noun

abe m (plural abes)

1. tree

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin apis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.b?/, [?a????]

Noun

abe f (plural abes)

1. bee

Further reading

• Abe on the Sardinian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sc

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??bi?/

Verb

abe (third-person singular present abes, present participle abein, past abet, past participle abet)

1. to let alone, let be, leave undisturbed

References

• Andy Eagle, ed., (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbz/
• Rhymes: -æbz

Adjective

abs

1. Abbreviation of abstract.

Noun

abs

1. (informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]
2. Acronym of absolute temperature.
3. (mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

Usage notes

(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.

Synonyms

• abdominal muscles
• abdominals

Translations

Verb

abs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ab

References

Anagrams

• B. A. S., B.A.S., B.A.s, BAS, BAs, BSA, SAB, SBA, Sab., bas, sab

Livonian

Noun

abs

1. inessive singular of ab

Portuguese

Etymology

Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).

Noun

abs

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) hugs

Interjection

abs

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging.

   Synonym: bjs

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abs.