"abîme" meaning in All languages combined

See abîme on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /a.bim/ Audio: Fr-Abime.oga [Paris], Fr-abîme.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-abîme.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-abîme.wav [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-abîme.wav [France, Vosges] Forms: abîmes [plural], abime [alternative], abyme [alternative, archaic], abisme [alternative, obsolete], abysme [alternative, obsolete], abŷme [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French abisme, from a Late Latin *abīsmus (or similar; compare Spanish, Portuguese abismo), a formally unclear alteration of Latin abyssus (“bottomless pit”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos). Doublet of abysse. 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{{inh|fr|fro|abisme|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French abisme, {{inh+|fr|fro|abisme}} Inherited from Old French abisme, {{inh|fr|la-lat|*abīsmus}} Late Latin *abīsmus, {{cog|es|-}} Spanish, {{cog|pt|abismo}} Portuguese abismo, {{der|fr|la|abyssus||bottomless pit}} Latin abyssus (“bottomless pit”), {{der|fr|grc|ἄβυσσος}} Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos), {{doublet|fr|abysse}} Doublet of abysse Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} abîme m (plural abîmes), {{tlb|fr|traditional spelling}} (traditional spelling)
  1. abyss, chasm Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-abîme-fr-noun-X-31kzwe
  2. bottom of a chasm or valley Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-abîme-fr-noun-Nkt0qO-4
  3. (literary) infiniteness of thought Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-abîme-fr-noun-HHN2Kdiu
  4. (literary) superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-abîme-fr-noun-NQBbubqO
  5. (literary) hell Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-abîme-fr-noun-Dr3DMXt1 Categories (other): Afterlife Disambiguation of Afterlife: 30 2 2 2 43 21
  6. (heraldry) abyss of a shield, fess point Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-abîme-fr-noun-JYBifEtD Categories (other): Heraldry, French entries with etymon, French entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Landforms Disambiguation of French entries with etymon: 5 2 2 20 2 68 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 8 3 1 24 1 63 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 3 3 3 30 3 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 1 25 1 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 2 24 2 70 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 3 3 3 24 3 64 Disambiguation of Landforms: 7 13 3 17 3 56 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abîme de science, abîmer

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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