different between abyss vs satan

English

Alternative forms

• abysm, abime

Etymology

From Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (ábussos, “bottomless”), from ?- (a-, “not”) + ?????? (bussós, “deep place”), from ????? (buthós, “deep place”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??b?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?s/, /æ?b?s/, enPR: ?-b?s'
• Rhymes: -?s
• Hyphenation: a?byss

Noun

abyss (plural abysses)

1. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (frequently figuratively) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
3. Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]
4. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.

5. An impending catastrophic happening.
6. (heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.
7. (oceanography) The abyssal zone.
8. (figuratively) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

Usage notes

• (impending catastrophic happening): It is typically preceded by the word the.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:abyss.

Synonyms

• (difference): gulf

Derived terms

Related terms

• abysmal

Translations

References

Anagrams

• bassy

English

Etymology 1

See Satan: from Latin Sat?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (Satán), from Hebrew ??????? (S?t?n, “adversary, accuser”).

Noun

satan (plural satans)

1. Alternative form of Satan (especially in the sense "a demon follower of Satan; a fallen angel").
   • 1993, Jacob Lassner, Demonizing the Queen of Sheba, page 199,

     According to Wahb b. Munnabih, Muhammad b. Ka‘b, and other authorities: Solomon was led to this [test of her intelligence] because the satans feared that he would marry her and make her desirous of having his offspring. She would then disclose to him the secrets of the jinn, and they would never rid themselves of their subservience to Solomon and his offspring to follow.

   • 2004, Mark Allan Powell, 6: Satan and the Demons, Kathleen E. Corley, Robert L. Webb (editors), Jesus and Mel Gibson?s The Passion of the Christ: The Film, the Gospels and the Claims of History, page 72,

     He tells them to go away, calling them ‘You little satans!’ and then the children?s faces become ghoulish and they begin snapping at him, trying to bite him. A short time later, we see Judas being chased by about a dozen of these children; he falls and they kick and hit him. Twice, we see the figure of Satan (recognizable from the opening scene) standing among the demon-children.

Etymology 2

Noun

satan (plural satans)

1. Obsolete form of satin.

Anagrams

• Santa, antas, asant, naats, taans, tanas

Azerbaijani

Participle

satan

1. subject non-past participle of satmaq

Esperanto

Adjective

satan

1. accusative singular of sata

French

Noun

satan m (plural satans)

1. Alternative form of Satan

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Satan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?tan/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

satan

1. bastard; sly person

Interjection

satan

1. (vulgar) fuck; shit

   Satan! Det gjer vondt!

   Fuck! This hurts!

   Satan då!

   Holy shit!

   Fuck this!

Slovak

Etymology 1

From Ecclesiastical Latin sat?n, from Ancient Greek ????? (Satán), ????? (Satân) from Hebrew ??????? (????n, “adversary, accuser”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sa.tan]
• Rhymes: -an, -tan
• Hyphenation: sa?tan

Noun

satan m (genitive singular satana, nominative plural satani, declension pattern of chlap)

1. Satan, the Devil, the supreme evil spirit, who rules Hell
2. (expressive, derogatory) a person or animal regarded as particularly malignant, detestable, or evil

Declension

Alternative forms

• satanáš m

Related terms

• satanský, satansky
• satanstvo n
• satanista m, satanistka f, satanistický, satanizmus m

Etymology 2

Shortening of the taxonomic name hríb satanský, a calque of the species name Rubroboletus satanas. See satan, etymology 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sa.tan]
• Rhymes: -an, -tan
• Hyphenation: sa?tan

Noun

satan m (genitive singular satana, nominative plural satany, declension pattern of dub)

1. (colloquial) a poisonous fungus of the bolete family, Rubroboletus satanas (earlier: Boletus satanas), with a pale cap and a red-patterned stem

   Synonym: (taxonomic name) hríb satanský

Declension

Related terms

• satanský
• hríb

References

Further reading

• satan in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s???tan/

Interjection

satan

1. (vulgar) Used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, etc. A swear word.

See also

• Satan

Anagrams

• anats, ansat, antas