abstinent

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.stɪ.nn̩t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.stə.nn̩t/

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First attested in the late 14th century as Middle English abstinent, abstynent, from Old French abstinent, from Latin abstinēns, present participle of abstineō. See abstain.

abstinent (comparative more abstinent, superlative most abstinent)

1. Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]

   Synonyms: abstemious, continent, temperate; see also Thesaurus:abstemious

   • c. 1612–1615?, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, revised by Philip Massinger, “Loves Cure or, The Martial Maid”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Be abstinent; shew not the corruption of thy generation: he that feeds shall die

From Middle English abstinent (adjective form).

abstinent (plural abstinents)

1. One who abstains; a faster. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[1]
2. Alternative letter-case form of Abstinent.

• abstinence
• abstinency

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əps.tiˈnen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əps.tiˈnent]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aps.tiˈnent]

abstinent m or f (masculine and feminine plural abstinents)

1. abstinent

• IPA^(key): [ˈapstɪnɛnt]

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• Hyphenation: ab‧s‧ti‧nent

abstinent m anim (female equivalent abstinentka)

1. teetotaler (person who completely abstains from alcohol)

   Antonym: pijan

• See tenor

• “abstinent”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “abstinent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “abstinent”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Inherited from Middle French abstinent, from Old French abstinent, borrowed from Latin abstinentem.

• IPA^(key): /ap.sti.nɑ̃/

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abstinent (feminine abstinente, masculine plural abstinents, feminine plural abstinentes)

1. abstinent, teetotal

   Synonym: abstème

abstinent m (plural abstinents, feminine abstinente)

1. abstinent, teetotaler / teetotaller

   Synonyms: abstème, néphaliste

• abstinence
• abstenir

• “abstinent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /apstiˈnɛnt/

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abstinent (strong nominative masculine singular abstinenter, not comparable)

1. abstinent, teetotal

• Abstinenz
• Abstinenzler

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

Borrowed from Polish abstynent.

• IPA^(key): /apˈsti.nɛnt/
• Rhymes: -inɛnt
• Syllabification: ab‧sti‧nent

abstinent m pers (female equivalent abstinentka)

1. teetotaler (someone who does not drink alcohol)
2. abstinent (someone who refrains from something)

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “abstynent”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “abstinent”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

abstinent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of abstineō

From Old French abstinent.

abstinent m (feminine singular abstinente, masculine plural abstinents, feminine plural abstinentes)

1. abstinent

• French: abstinent

From Latin abstinēns (“abstraining, abstinent”), present participle of abstineō (“I withhold”), from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from teneō (“to hold, have, grasp”), from Proto-Italic *tenēō (“to hold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, extend”).

• IPA^(key): /abstɪˈnɛnt/, /apstɪˈnɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnt
• Hyphenation: ab‧sti‧nent

abstinent (neuter singular abstinent, definite singular and plural abstinente, comparative mer abstinent, superlative mest abstinent)

1. (literary) abstinent or abstaining (refraining from indulgence)

   Synonym: avholdende

   en abstinent heroinist

   an abstinent heroin addict

   • 1898, Samtiden:

     den abstinente muhamedaner

     the abstinent Muhammadan

   • 1974 October 11, Aftenposten, page 3:

     han virket ikke som noen abstinent … Alkoholen hadde dessverre sitt tak i ham

     he did not seem to be abstinent… Alcohol unfortunately had its hold on him

2. experiencing withdrawal or withdrawal symptoms

   abstinente spedbarn ― abstinent infants (babies born with neonatal withdrawal)

   • 2008 March 19, Aftenposten:

     [NN] peker på at [heroin]tørken gjør heroinmisbrukerne desperate og abstinente

     [NN] points out that the [heroin] drought makes heroin addicts desperate and abstinent

   • 2012 November 23, osloby.no:

     [klager på politiet] fra svært abstinente personer som … politiet hindrer … i å kjøpe heroin

     [complaints to the police] from very abstinent people who ... the police prevent ... from buying heroin

• abstinens (“abstinence”)
• abstinenssymptom (“withdrawal symptom”)
• abstinere (“abstain”)

• “abstinent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abstinent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abstinent” in Store norske leksikon

• abstenent

Borrowed from Latin abstinens, abstinentem.

abstinent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular abstinent or abstinente)

1. abstinent

pm=abstinens

• → Middle English: abstinent
  • English: abstinent
• Middle French: abstinent
  • French: abstinent

Borrowed from French abstinent.

abstinent m (plural abstinenți, feminine equivalent abstinentă)

1. abstinent