Abut

English

Etymology

From Old French abouter, aboter; compare French aboutir, and also abuter; a (Latin ad) + Old French boter, buter, to push: compare French bout end, and but end, purpose.

Pronunciation

• (RP)
  • IPA: /əˈbʌt/

Verb

Infinitive to Abut

Third person singular abut

Simple past ing

Past participle -

Present participle t

to Abut (third-person singular simple present abut, present participle t, simple past and past participle ing)

1. (intransitive) To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent; to project; to terminate; to be contiguous; to meet.

   In a time when Germany still abutted upon Russia.

   His land abuts on the road.

2. (transitive) To abut on.

Synonyms

• (transitive) abut on

Translations

to border on

Bulgarian: гранича bg(bg), опирам се о bg(bg) Dutch: grenzen nl(nl) Finnish: rajoittua fi(fi)

French: aboutir fr(fr), abouter fr(fr) Russian: граничить ru(ru), примыкать ru(ru), прилегать ru(ru), упираться ru(ru) Spanish: bordear es(es)

Anagrams

• abtu,
• tabu
• tuba

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Kiput

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *Rabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *Rabut.

Verb

abut

1. to pluck

ar:abut fa:abut fr:abut ko:abut io:abut it:abut hu:abut pl:abut pt:abut ro:abut fi:abut ta:abut te:abut th:abut vi:abut tr:abut uk:abut zh:abut