"abandon" meaning in French

See abandon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.bɑ̃.dɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-abandon.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-abandon.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-abandon.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-abandon.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-abandon.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-abandon.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-abandon.wav Forms: abandons [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔ̃ 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. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|(mettre) a bandon||to deliver|lit=to place in someone's power}} Old French (mettre) a bandon (“to deliver”, literally “to place in someone's power”), {{der|fr|fro|a ban donner}} Old French a ban donner Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} abandon m (plural abandons)
  1. surrender; desertion; withdrawal Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-abandon-fr-noun-Z1pxEzHB Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  2. abandonment, abandoning Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-abandon-fr-noun-TwZgyGVw Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  3. state of neglect Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-abandon-fr-noun-OTHcNJyO Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  4. (literary) abandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint) Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-abandon-fr-noun-QyW6dKkf Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 16 12 16 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abandonner

Inflected forms

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          "english": "the action of dropping out of school",
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              0,
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          "english": "desertion of one's post",
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              3,
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          ],
          "english": "to give something up",
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          ],
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              6,
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          "english": "foundling wheel",
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          ],
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          "english": "to be in a state of complete neglect",
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          ],
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              11,
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          "english": "to abandon; to allo to fall into decay;",
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}

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