different between unwed vs abstinent

English

Etymology

From un- +? wed.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d

Adjective

unwed (not comparable)

1. Not married.

Translations

Noun

unwed (plural unweds)

1. One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster.
   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, “Unmarried,”^[1]

     Perhaps the most awkward situation for the inexperienced young landlady was how to deal with “unweds.”

   Should unweds living together receive the same social benefits as married couples?

Translations

Verb

unwed (third-person singular simple present unweds, present participle unwedding, simple past and past participle unwed or unwedded)

1. (transitive) To annul the marriage of.
   • 1918, All the World (volume 39, page 304)

     At last it was determined to unwed the unhappy pair, during the arrangements for which the husband was arrested and put into jail for six months for rioting.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To separate.
   • 2008, Arthur Quiller-Couch, Studies in Literature: Third Series (page 206)

     A singer must be a fool indeed if you do not hear through Sullivan's notes the exact language of any song. Take, for example, the well-known Sentry song in Iolanthe and attempt to unwed the wit of the air from the wit of the thought and words; […]

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.st?.nn?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.st?.nn?t/

Etymology 1

First attested in the late 14th century as Middle English abstinent, abstynent, from Old French abstinent, from Latin abstin?ns, present participle of abstine?. See abstain.

Adjective

abstinent (comparative more abstinent, superlative most abstinent)

1. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: abstemious, continent, temperate

   • Be abstinent; shew not the corruption of thy generation: he that feeds shall die

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:moderate

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English abstinent (adjective form).

Noun

abstinent (plural abstinents)

1. One who abstains; a faster. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
2. (usually capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence towards meat and sex.

Derived terms

Related terms

• abstinence
• abstinency

Translations

References

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?ps.ti?nent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ps.ti?nen/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aps.ti?nent/

Adjective

abstinent (masculine and feminine plural abstinents)

1. abstinent

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?apst?n?nt]

Noun

abstinent m

1. teetotaler (person who completely abstains from alcohol)

Antonyms

• pijan

Related terms

• See tenor

Further reading

• abstinent in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• abstinent in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

From Middle French abstinent, from Old French abstinent, borrowed from Latin abstinens, abstinentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.sti.n??/

Adjective

abstinent (feminine singular abstinente, masculine plural abstinents, feminine plural abstinentes)

1. abstinent, teetotal

Synonyms

• abstème

Noun

abstinent m (plural abstinents, feminine abstinente)

1. abstinent, teetotaler / teetotaller

Synonyms

• abstème
• néphaliste

Related terms

• abstinence
• abstenir

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apsti?n?nt/

Adjective

abstinent (comparative abstinenter, superlative am abstinentesten)

1. abstinent, teetotal

Declension

Related terms

• Abstinenz
• Abstinenzler

Further reading

• “abstinent” in Duden online

Latin

Verb

abstinent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of abstine?

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French abstinent.

Adjective

abstinent m (feminine singular abstinente, masculine plural abstinents, feminine plural abstinentes)

1. abstinent

Descendants

• French: abstinent

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin abstin?ns (“abstaining, abstinent”), present participle of abstine? (“abstain”), from ab- (“away from”) +? tene? (“hold; restrain”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abst??n?nt/, /apst??n?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Hyphenation: ab?sti?nent

Adjective

abstinent (neuter singular abstinent, definite singular and plural abstinente, comparative mer abstinent, superlative mest abstinent)

1. (literary) abstinent or abstaining (refraining from indulgence)

   en abstinent heroinist

   an abstinent heroin addict

   Synonym: avholdende

2. describing someone with withdrawal or withdrawal symptoms

Related terms

• abstinens (“abstinence”)
• abstinenssymptom (“withdrawal symptom”)
• abstinere (“abstain”)

References

• “abstinent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abstinent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abstinent” in Store norske leksikon

Old French

Alternative forms

• abstenent

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstinens, abstinentem.

Adjective

abstinent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular abstinent or abstinente)

1. abstinent

Declension

Descendants

• ? Middle English: abstinent
  • English: abstinent
• Middle French: abstinent
  • French: abstinent

Romanian

Etymology

From French abstinent

Noun

abstinent m (plural abstinen?i)

1. abstinent

Declension