Masculine

abandon

  1. (masculine) surrender; desertion; withdrawal
  2. (masculine) abandonment, abandoning
  3. (masculine) state of neglect
  4. (literary, masculine) abandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint)

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃/
Etymology

From Old French (mettre) a bandon (“to deliver”, literally “to place in someone's power”). Gamillscheg suggests a derivation from Old French a ban donner, but the Trésor de la langue française considers this unlikely, as the phrase is not attested.

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