Masculine
abîme
- (masculine) abyss, chasm
- (masculine) bottom of a chasm or valley
- (literary, masculine) infiniteness of thought
- (literary, masculine) superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme
- (literary, masculine) hell
- (masculine) abyss of a shield, fess point
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.bim/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French abisme, inherited from Late Latin *abyssimus, a superlative of Latin abyssus (“bottomless pit”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos). Compare Spanish, Portuguese abismo. Doublet of abysse.
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abisso
Abgrund
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abisme
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