abade

See also: abadé

English

Noun

abade

1. Obsolete form of abode.

Verb

abade

1. Obsolete form of abode.

Anagrams

• Adabe, Baade, baaed

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abade/ [a.β̞a.ð̞e]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ade, -e
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧de

Noun

abade anim

1. abbot
2. (Biscayan) priest

Declension

Declension of abade (anim V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	abade	abadea	abadeak	abadeok
ergative	abadek	abadeak	abadeek	abadeok
dative	abaderi	abadeari	abadeei	abadeoi
genitive	abaderen	abadearen	abadeen	abadeon
comitative	abaderekin	abadearekin	abadeekin	abadeokin
causative	abaderengatik	abadearengatik	abadeengatik	abadeongatik
benefactive	abaderentzat	abadearentzat	abadeentzat	abadeontzat
instrumental	abadez	abadeaz	abadeez	abadeotaz
innesive	abaderengan	abadearengan	abadeengan	abadeongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	abaderengana	abadearengana	abadeengana	abadeongana
terminative	abaderenganaino	abadearenganaino	abadeenganaino	abadeonganaino
directive	abaderenganantz	abadearenganantz	abadeenganantz	abadeonganantz
destinative	abaderenganako	abadearenganako	abadeenganako	abadeonganako
ablative	abaderengandik	abadearengandik	abadeengandik	abadeongandik
partitive	abaderik	—	—	—
prolative	abadetzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• abade egin (“to become an abbot”)
• abade nagusi (“High Priest”)
• abade-etxe (“abbey”)
• abadegai (“seminarist”)
• abadegintza (“ordination”)
• abadeki (“seminarist”)
• abadetar (“clerical”)
• abadetasun (“priesthood”)
• abadetu (“to become an abbot”)
• abadetza (“priesthood”)

Related terms

• abadesa (“abbess”)

Further reading

• “abade”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “abade”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Homophones: abadent, abades

Verb

abade

1. inflection of abader:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abade, from Latin abbātem, accusative singular of abbās (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs, “father”), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbade/ [aˈβ̞a.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ade
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧de

Noun

abade m (plural abades, feminine abadesa, feminine plural abadesas)

1. abbot

Related terms

• abacial
• abadengo
• abadía

Noun

abade m (plural abades)

1. parish priest

   Synonyms: crego, cura

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “abade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “abade”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Further reading

• “abade”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Isoko

Noun

abade (plural ebade)

1. dated spelling of abadị

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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Noun

abadè

1. locative singular of ãbadas (“rim”)

Noun

ãbade

1. vocative singular of ãbadas (“rim”)

Middle Scots

Alternative forms

• abaid, abad, abayd, abayde

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English abad / abod,

Noun

abade (uncountable)

1. abiding, abode, delay, stay
2. (chiefly in rhyming phrases) without delay

References

• “abade”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from William A[lexander] Craigie, A[dam] J[ack] Aitken [et al.], editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin abbātem, accusative singular of abbās (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.de/

Noun

abade m (plural abades)

1. abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Related terms

• abadia
• abadessa

Descendants

• Galician: abade
• Portuguese: abade

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

abade

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Alternative forms

• abbade (pre-reform spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese abade, from Latin abbātem (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs, “father”), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈba.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈba.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈba.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈba.dɨ/ [ɐˈβa.ðɨ]

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ˈba.di/
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧de

Noun

abade m (plural abades, feminine abadessa, feminine plural abadessas)

1. abbot (superior or head of an abbey or monastery)

Related terms

• abadia
• higúmeno
• arquimandrita

Further reading

• “abade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “abade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Scots

Alternative forms

• abaid

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbed/

Verb

abade

1. (Southern Scots) past of abide

References

• “abade, v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.