abbot

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• Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæbət/
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• British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ˈabət/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈɛbət/
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• homophone: Abbot
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• homophone: Abbott
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• rhymes with -æbət
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 B AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Variant spelling of Abbott.

From Middle English abbot, abbod, abbed, from Old English abbat, abbad, abbod, from Latin abbās (“father”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”). Doublet of abba, abbé, and bwana.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ab — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Afrikaans: kloostervoog — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Albanian: kryemurg — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Arabic: رَئِيس الدَّيْر (raʔīs ad-dayr) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Arabic: أَبَاتِي (ʔabātī) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Armenian: աբբահայր (abbahayr) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Armenian: աբբա (abba) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Armenian: վանահայր (vanahayr) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Asturian: abá — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Basque: abade — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Belarusian: аба́т (abát) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Breton: abad — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Bulgarian: игумен (igumen) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Bulgarian: аба́т (abát) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Burmese: ဆရာတော် (hca.ratau) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Catalan: abat — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Chinese Mandarin: 方丈 (fāngzhàng) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Chinese Mandarin: 住持 (zhùchí) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Cornish: abas — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Crimean Tatar: abbat — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Czech: opat — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Danish: abbed — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Dutch: abt — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Esperanto: abato — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Extremaduran: abá — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Faroese: abbati — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Finnish: apotti — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• French: abbé — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• West-Frisian: abt — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• West-Frisian: abbet — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Galician: abade — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Georgian: აბატი (abaṭi) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• German: Abt — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Greek: ηγούμενος (igoúmenos) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Gullah: aabut — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Hungarian: apát — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Icelandic: ábóti — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Ido: abado — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Indonesian: abas — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Interlingua: abbate — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Irish: ab — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Irish: luamh — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Italian: abate — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Japanese: 修道院長 (shūdōinchō) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Japanese: 住持 (jūji) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Korean: 승정 (seungjeong) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Korean: 수도원장 (sudowonjang) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Latin: abbās — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Latin: archimandrīta — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Latvian: abats — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Lithuanian: abatas — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Luxembourgish: Abt — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Macedonian: опат (opat) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Macedonian: игумен (igumen) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Malay: abbas — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Malayalam: മഠാധിപതി (maṭhādhipati) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Manx: abb — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Manx: fer-reill abban — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Māori: apota — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Mongolian: хамба лам (xamba lam) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Neapolitan: abbate — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Norman: abbé — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Norwegian Bokmål: abbed — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Occitan: abat — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Old Galician-Portuguese: abade — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Pali: saṅghaṇāyaka — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Persian: راهب بزرگ (râheb-e bozorg) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Polish: opat — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Portuguese: abade — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Romagnol: abêt — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Romanian: egumen — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Romanian: stareț — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Russian: абба́т (abbát) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Russian: настоя́тель (nastojátelʹ) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Russian: игу́мен (igúmen) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Serbo-Croatian: игуман — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Serbo-Croatian: iguman — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Serbo-Croatian: опат — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Serbo-Croatian: opat — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Slovak: opát — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Slovene: opat — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Spanish: abad — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Swedish: abbot — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Tagalog: abad — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Thai: เจ้าอาวาส (jâao-aa-wâat) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Turkish: başrahip — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Turkish: başkeşiş — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Turkish: başpapaz — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Ukrainian: аба́т (abát) — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Vietnamese: trụ trì tự viện — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Volapük: lepädan — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Volapük: hilepädan — superior or head of an abbey or monastery
• Welsh: abad — superior or head of an abbey or monastery