abbate

• abate

From Latin abbatem.

abbate (plural abbates)

1. An Italian abbot, or similar clergyman in minor orders
2. Alternative form of abate (“Italian abbot”).

• Century Dictionary, volume 1, 1889, page 6

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbate”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.

• IPA^(key): /abˈba.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: ab‧bà‧te

abbate m (plural abbati)

1. alternative form of abate

abbāte

1. ablative singular of abbās

From Latin abbātem, accusative form of abbās, from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father”).

• IPA^(key): /abˈba.tə/
• Rhymes: -atə

abbate m

1. abbot
2. priest

• Emmanuele Rocco, Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano, Naples, 1882