different between nuisance vs abator

English

Etymology

From Middle English nuisance, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance etc., from Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”), from Latin noce? (“to harm”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nus?ns/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?s?ns/

Noun

nuisance (countable and uncountable, plural nuisances)

1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
   • 2010, Jeffrey M. Wooldridge, Econometric Analysis of Cross Section and Panel Data (2nd Edition), The MIT Press, p. 407

     By itself, nondifferentiability at zero is a minor nuisance.

2. A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
3. (law) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

Synonyms

• (minor annoyance or inconvenience): annoyance, inconvenience, offense
• (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience): bother, obstacle, pest

Antonyms

• (minor annoyance or inconvenience): enjoyment

Related terms

• nuisance call
• nuisance tax

Translations

References

• nuisance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”) (compare also French nuire), from Latin noce? (“I harm”), noc?re; may correspond to Late Latin noc?ntia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?i.z??s/
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

nuisance f (plural nuisances)

1. nuisance
2. pollution

   Les nuisances sonores sont un véritable fléau dans ce quartier.

Related terms

• nuire

Further reading

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

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