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abattre verb

  /a.batʁ/
  • Mettre à bas ; jeter à terre ; faire tomber
 fell, cut down
  • Tuer un animal
 slaughter, cull, put down, slay
  • Assassiner par arme à feu
 shoot dead
  • (Sens figuré) Affaiblir physiquement et moralement
 bring down, dishearten, enfeeble, take down, use up
  • (Pronominal) Tomber brusquement
 come down
  • (Sens figuré) (Familier) Boire (une quantité réputée importante)
 down
  • (Pronominal) (Spécialement) Tomber ou se laisser tomber (sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose) en provoquant un dommage
 fall
  • (Par extension) (Militaire) Détruire un avion en vol
 shoot down

s’abattre verb

  /s‿a.batʁ/
collapse, pelt down, poor down

abat noun {m}

  /a.ba/
  • (Boucherie) (Au pluriel) Parties comestibles du cinquième quartier des animaux qui ne consistent pas en chair, en muscle et vendues par un tripier : foie, cœur, rognons, langue, pieds, peau, graisse, tripes
 giblets, offal, variety meat
  • (Vieilli) Averse, pluie abondante ou forte
 sudden shower
abat-jour
awning, sun-blind, eye-shade, lampshade, lamp-shade, shade, roof window
abat-voix
abat-voix
abat-son
abat-son
moustache abat-jour
lampshade moustache

🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

abate verb

  /əˈbeɪt/
  • To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status. [14th–17th c.]
 abaisser, abattre, déprimer
  • To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate. [from 14th c.]
 diminuer, réduire, amoindrir, descendre, ralentir
  • To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure). [from early 15th c.]
 cesser
  • Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract. [15th–19th c.]
 déduire, retrancher
  • To reduce (something) in amount or size. [from 14th c.]
 rabattre
  • To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full. [from early 18th c.]
 réduire

abatement noun

  /əˈbeɪt.mənt/
  • The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression. [First attested from 1340 to 1470.]
 réduction
  • (heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer. [Early 17th century.]
 abaissement
  • An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax. [Late 15th century.]
 abattement, crédit, diminution, déduction, dégrèvement, réduction
  • (accounting) The deduction of minor revenues incidental to an operation in calculating the cost of the operation.
 défalcation
abat-voix
abat-voix
abat-son
abat-son
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