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Abe

Abe

See also: abe, ABE, abé, Abé, abeʼ, a-be, abe-, and abe'

English

Proper noun

Abe

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Abraham.

Noun

Abe (plural Abes)

  1. (slang, US) A five-dollar bill.
    • 1996, J. Madison Davis, And the Angels Sing, page 210:
      "Gambling's not my form of masochism," said Carl. "Huh?" "So how much?" "The wad's mostly ones. Some Jeffersons. Two or three Abes."

Etymology 2

From Japanese.

Proper noun

Abe

  1. A surname.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Abe m

  1. A male given name, West Frisian variant of Albert and Abel.

Japanese

Romanization

Abe

  1. rōmaji reading of あべ

abe

abe

See also: Abe, ABE, abé, Abé, abeʼ, a-be, abe-, and abe'

English

Verb

abe

  1. (intransitive, infinitive, regional, Britain) Be.
    • 1839, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 1, page 527:
      Let it abe, I say.
    • 1864, Charles Dickens, Household Words, page 186:
      But if it amuses her I let it abe.
    • 1885, Charles Gibbon, Heart's Delight, page 154:
      But let that abe.

References

  • Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 3

Cimbrian

Adverb

abe

  1. down

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References

  • “abe” in Umberto Martello Martalar, Alfonso Bellotto, Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Setti Communi vicentini, 1st edition, 1974.

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abə/, [ˈæːb̥ə]
  • Rhymes: -abə

Etymology 1

From Old Norse api (fool).

Noun

abe c (singular definite aben, plural indefinite aber)

  1. monkey
  2. ape
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Etymology 2

From Old Norse apa, from api (fool).

Verb

abe (imperative ab, infinitive at abe, present tense aber, past tense abede, perfect tense har abet)

  1. mimic, ape
Synonyms
  • abe efter
  • efterabe

Kom (Cameroon)

Adverb

abe

  1. outside (of)

References

  • Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Lun Bawang

abe

Noun

abe

  1. earring.

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