abt

abt

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Abelam.

abt (not comparable)

1. (academics) all but thesis: A description of the status of a masters, doctoral, or (infrequently) undergraduate student who has completed all degree requirements except the culminating thesis.

• ABD

abt

1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of about.

• ATB, B.T.A., BAT, BTA, Bat-, TBA, Tab, bat, tab

From Middle Dutch abbet, ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ɑpt/

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• Hyphenation: abt
• Rhymes: -ɑpt

abt m (plural abten, diminutive abtje n, feminine abdis)

1. An abbot, monastic superior of an abbey

• aartsabt
• abdij
• abtelijk

• Afrikaans: ab

From German Abt.

abt (genitive abti, partitive abti)

1. abbot (head of a Catholic abbey)

• abt in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

From Arabic إبْط (ʔibṭ).

• IPA^(key): /apt/

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• Rhymes: -apt

abt m (dual abtejn, plural abtijiet)

1. armpit

Ultimately from Latin abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא, from Proto-Semitic *ʾab-. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /apt/

abt c (plural abten)

1. abbot (the monastic superior of an abbey)

• abbet (formal)

• “abt”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011