different between abut vs aout

English

Alternative forms

• abutt

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Etymology 1

From Middle English abutten, from Medieval Latin abuttare and Old French abuter, aboter, abouter (“to touch at one end, to come to an end, aim, reach”), from Old French but (“end, aim, purpose”); akin to Old Norse butr (“piece of wood”). Equivalent to a- (“to”) +? butt (“boundary mark”).

Verb

abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)

1. (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

2. (transitive) To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. [First attested in the mid 19^th century.]

Usage notes

Followed by any of the following words: upon, on or (obsolete) to.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English abutten, from Old French aboter (“to touch at one end, border on”), abouter (“to join end to end”), abuter (“to buttress, to put an end to”), from a- (“towards”) + bout (“end”), boter, bouter (“to strike”), buter (“to strike, finish”). Equivalent to a- (“towards, change to”) +? butt (“push”)

Verb

abut (third-person singular simple present abuts, present participle abutting, simple past and past participle abutted)

1. (intransitive) To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]

Usage notes

Followed by any of the following words: upon, on, or against.

References

Anagrams

• Batu, Taub, Tuba, batu, buat, buta, tabu, tuba

Hiligaynon

Verb

abút (frequentative abút-abút)

1. arrive at a place

Verb

ábut (frequentative abút-ábut)

1. to catch up with or overtake

Kapampangan

Verb

ábut

1. to reach

References

• Michael L. Forman (2019) Kapampangan Dictionary?^[1], University of Hawaii Press, ?ISBN, page 2

Kiput

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *rabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *rabut.

Verb

abut

1. to pluck

Limos Kalinga

Noun

abút

1. hole

Yola

Alternative forms

• abouten

Etymology

From Middle English aboute, abouten, from Old English ab?tan.

Preposition

abut

1. about

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Preposition

aout

1. (rare) Eye dialect spelling of out.
   • 1895, Harry Jones, Fifty Years: Or, Dead Leaves and Living Seeds, page 144

     ... and aout he come rasher nor iver, knockin' here and knockin' there, tell you couldn't hardly sleep for he.

   • 1919, Thomas Burke, Out and about London, page 115

     Git aout, else I'll split yer faice !

   • 1936, H.P. Lovecraft, "Shadow over Innsmouth":

     Ye see, they was able to live both in ant aout o' water–what they call amphibians, I guess.

Anagrams

• Auto, Auto., auto, auto-, auto., outa

French

Noun

aout m (plural aouts)

1. Post-1990 spelling of août.

Further reading

• “aout” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).