abysse
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin abyssus. Doublet of abime.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.bis/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -is
Noun
abysse m (plural abysses)
- abyss
- deep sea
Derived terms
- abyssal
Descendants
- → Romanian: abis
Further reading
- “abysse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
abysse f
- vocative singular of abyssus