abandoner

English

Etymology

abandon +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈbændənɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈbændənə/
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Noun

abandoner (plural abandoners)

One who abandons. [Late 16^th century.][1]
- 1595, Francis Sabie, The Fissher-mans Tale of the Famous Actes, Life and Loue of Cassander a Grecian Knight, London,
  Sin-hating powers, reformers of all vice,
  Abandoners of euil and cruell actes,
  Cease to pursue with weapons of reuenge,
  Mine haynous and intollerable fact.
- 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher; William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, OCLC 1170464517, Act V, scene v, page 74:
  […] cold and constant Queene,
  Abandoner of Revells, mute contemplative,
- 1990, David Foster Wallace, “The Empty Plenum: David Markson’s Wittgenstein’s Mistress” in Both Flesh and Not, New York: Little, Brown, 2012,
  […] Kate’s been left in the emotional lurch by all sorts of objectifying men, psychic abandoners who range from her husband […] to her final lover […]

Translations

one who abandons

Occitan: abandonaire, abandonator
Portuguese: abandonador (pt) m
Romanian: abandonator
Spanish: abandonador m

References

Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abandoner”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

Anagrams

reabandon

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

(noun): IPA^(key): /abaŋˈdɔŋər/, /abanˈdɔŋər/, (verb): IPA^(key): /abandɔˈneːr/
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(noun): Rhymes: -ər, (verb): Rhymes: -eːr
Hyphenation: ab‧an‧do‧ner

Noun

abandoner m

indefinite plural of abandon

Verb

abandoner

imperative of abandonere

Anagrams

banneorda

Old French

Etymology

From abandon, abandun; or from à ban doner, from Frankish *bann, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną.

Verb

abandoner

to abandon

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of abandoner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		abandoner			avoir abandoné
gerund		en abandonant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		abandonant
past participle		abandoné
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	abandon	abandones	abandone	abandonons	abandonez	abandonent
	imperfect	abandonoie, abandoneie, abandonoe, abandoneve	abandonoies, abandoneies, abandonoes, abandoneves	abandonoit, abandoneit, abandonot, abandoneve	abandoniiens, abandoniens	abandoniiez, abandoniez	abandonoient, abandoneient, abandonoent, abandonevent
	preterite	abandonai	abandonas	abandona	abandonames	abandonastes	abandonerent
	future	abandonerai	abandoneras	abandonera	abandonerons	abandoneroiz, abandonereiz, abandonerez	abandoneront
	conditional	abandoneroie, abandonereie	abandoneroies, abandonereies	abandoneroit, abandonereit	abandoneriiens, abandoneriens	abandoneriiez, abandoneriez	abandoneroient, abandonereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	abandon	abandons	abandont	abandonons	abandonez	abandonent
simple tenses	imperfect	abandonasse	abandonasses	abandonast	abandonissons, abandonissiens	abandonissoiz, abandonissez, abandonissiez	abandonassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	abandone	—	abandonons	abandonez	—

Descendants

→ English: abandon
Middle French: abandonner
- French: abandonner
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: abandonere

[SOED-1] Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abandoner”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.