absolut

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absolut

1. Obsolete spelling of absolute.
   • 1615 Decemver 9, letter from Lord Scott of Buccleuch, quoted in 1838, James Maidment, Letters and State Papers During the Reign of King James the Sixth: Chiefly from the Manuscript Collections of Sir James Balfour of Denmyln, page 272:

     So, remetting all to your consideration, I rest ever hym quhome you haue most absolut pouer to command, BUKCLEUGHE

   • 1671, An Answer to the Letter Directed to the Author of Jus Populi,, page 18:

     […] even the most absolut politick Empire that can be lawfully set up by men is Iyable to these implyed yea indispensable conditions and exceptions, […]

• Basulto

Learned borrowing from Latin absolūtus.

• IPA^(key): [apsoˈlut]

absolut (feminine absolute)

1. absolute

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “absolut”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “absolut”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

Borrowed from Latin absŏlūtus. Doublet of absolt.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əp.suˈlut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ap.soˈlut]

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absolut (feminine absoluta, masculine plural absoluts, feminine plural absolutes)

1. absolute
2. (grammar) absolute

• “absolut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “absolut”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “absolut” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “absolut” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin absolūtus.

• IPA^(key): [ɑbsoˈlud]

absolut (plural and definite singular attributive absolutte)

1. absolute, full, complete

   Synonyms: fuldstændig, total

2. absolute, nonrelative (which is unconditional and independent of other (similar) conditions)

   Antonym: relativ

absolut

1. absolutely

   Synonym: partout

absolut n (singular definite absoluttet, plural indefinite absolutter)

1. (philosophy) Absolute

• “absolut” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /apzoˈluːt/, [ʔapz̥oˈluːtʰ]

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• Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lut
• Rhymes: -uːt

absolut (strong nominative masculine singular absoluter, not comparable)

1. absolute

   Antonym: relativ

absolut

1. absolutely

• “absolut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “absolut” in Duden online
• “absolut” in Duden online

Borrowed from Dutch absoluut, from Latin absolūtus.

• IPA^(key): [ap̚ˈsolʊt̚]
• Hyphenation: ap‧so‧lut

absolut

1. absolute
   1. unconditional: free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions

      Synonym: mutlak

   2. complete, unmitigated
   3. pure; unmixed

      Synonym: murni

   4. certain; unquestionable

      Synonym: nyata

• “absolut” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Polish absolut.

• IPA^(key): /apˈsɔ.lut/
• Rhymes: -ɔlut
• Syllabification: ab‧so‧lut

absolut m inan

1. (philosophy) Absolute

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “absolut”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “absolut”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

• IPA^(key): [ɑpzolˈut]

absolut (masculine absoluten, neuter absolut, comparative méi absolut, superlative am absoluutsten) (no comparative or superlative forms)

1. absolute
2. absolute (measurement)

absolut

1. absolutely

Borrowed from Latin absolūtus.

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absolut m (feminine singular absoluda, masculine plural absoluts, feminine plural absoludas)

1. absolute

Borrowed from German Absolutes or French absolut,^[1] from Latin absolūtus.^[2] First attested in 1701–1750.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /apˈsɔ.lut/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlut
• Syllabification: ab‧so‧lut

absolut m inan

1. (philosophy) Absolute

   jedyny absolut ― the only Absolute

   boski absolut ― the divine Absolute

   filozoficzny absolut ― the philosophical Absolute

   głód absolutu ― appetite the Absolute

   droga do absolutu ― the way to the Absolute

   wiara w absolut ― belief in the Absolute

   istnienie absolutu ― the existence of the Absolute

   poszukiwanie absolutu ― the search for the Absolute

   dążenie do absolutu ― pursuit of the Absolute

   obcowanie z absolutem ― communion with the Absolute

2. (chemistry) absolute

absolut m pers

2. (obsolete) absolute monarch
   • 1736, Jan Jabłonowski, Historya Telemaka, syna Ulissesa, krola greckiego Itaku‎^[4], page 175:

     Kędy Tron, Abſolutom, moc ſtráſzliwą daie, Są nayslabſze, Bo wnich Krol, bierze, ruinuie, Sam wſzytko, gdy ſam ieden Páństwo obeymuie.

     [Kędy Tron, Absolutom, moc straszliwą daje, są najslabsze, Bo w nich Król, bierze, rujnuje, Sam wszytko, gdy sam jeden Państwo obejmuje.]

     When the trone gives extreme power to absolute monarchs, they are the weakest, because in them, the king takes and ruins everything himself, when he rules the nation himself.

   • 1756, Józef Minasowicz, Zbior rytmow polskich Jozefa Epifaniusza Minasowicza [...] . Częsc pierwsza- [wtora]‎^{[5], [6]}, volume 3, page 335:

     Abſolut w mowie, dyſkurs drugich gaśi, Albo z dyſguſtem ckliwym minę kwaśi.

     [Absolut w mowie, dyskurs drugich gasi, Albo z dysgustem ckliwym minę kwasi.]

     The word absolute in speech silences the other's discussion, or sours his face with a look of disgust.

• absoluta (Middle Polish)

• absolut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• absolut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], (Can we date this quote?)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “absolut”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 1, page 3
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “absolut”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “absolut”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 4
• absolut in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Borrowed from French absolu, from Latin absolūtus.

• IPA^(key): /ab.soˈlut/

absolut m or n (feminine singular absolută, masculine plural absoluți, feminine and neuter plural absolute)

1. absolute

absolut

1. absolutely

• “absolut”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

• IPA^(key): /absɔˈlʉːt/

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absolut

1. absolute, full, complete

   Synonym: fullkomlig

absolut

1. absolutely