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abut baut aubt uabt buat ubat abtu batu atbu tabu btau tbau autb uatb atub taub utab tuab buta ubta btua tbua utba tuba

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Definitions and meaning of abut

abut

Alternative forms

• abutt

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌt/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /əˈbʊt/}
• Rhymes: -ʌt

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.

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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

Ayu

Noun

abút

1. cloud

References

• Blench, Roger. "The Ayu language of Central Nigeria and its affinities" (2011), page 6

Balinese

Romanization

abut

1. Romanization of ᬳᬩᬸᬢ᭄

Hiligaynon

Verb

abút (frequentative abút-abút)

1. to arrive at a place

Verb

abut (frequentative abút-ábut)

1. to catch up with or overtake

Kapampangan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qábut.

Verb

ábut

1. to reach

References

• Michael L. Forman (2019) Kapampangan Dictionary‎^[1], University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, archived from the original on 29 June 2021, 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

Scots

Conjunction

abut

1. Alternative form of abit

References

• “abut, conj. phr.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀabut, compare Hiligaynon gabut.

Noun

abut

1. root

Yola

Alternative forms

• abuth, abouten

Etymology

From Middle English aboute, abouten, from Old English abūtan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈbuːt/, /əbuːˈtiːn/

Preposition

abut

1. about

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22