abuser

English

Etymology

From abuse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbjuː.zə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /əˈbju.zɚ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)

Noun

abuser (plural abusers)

  1. One who abuses someone or something. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
    drug abuser
    cocaine abuser
    child abuser
    abuser of my generosity
  2. (obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use. [Attested from the mid 17th century until the mid 18th century.][1]

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Russian: абью́зер (abʹjúzer)

Translations
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References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abuser”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From abus +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.by.ze/
  • abuser(file)

Verb

abuser

  1. to mislead
  2. to take advantage [+ de (object) = of] (especially sexually)
  3. to abuse (use improperly)
  4. (intransitive, slang) to go too far
    Synonym: exagérer
    Mec, t’abuses, ça fait au moins trente minutes que je t’attends ! ― Dude, you're taking advantage, it's been at least thirty minutes I've been waiting for you!

Conjugation
Conjugation of abuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abuser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abusant
/a.by.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abusé
/a.by.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present abuse
/a.byz/		 abuses
/a.byz/		 abuse
/a.byz/		 abusons
/a.by.zɔ̃/		 abusez
/a.by.ze/		 abusent
/a.byz/
imperfect abusais
/a.by.zɛ/		 abusais
/a.by.zɛ/		 abusait
/a.by.zɛ/		 abusions
/a.by.zjɔ̃/		 abusiez
/a.by.zje/		 abusaient
/a.by.zɛ/
past historic2 abusai
/a.by.ze/		 abusas
/a.by.za/		 abusa
/a.by.za/		 abusâmes
/a.by.zam/		 abusâtes
/a.by.zat/		 abusèrent
/a.by.zɛʁ/
future abuserai
/a.byz.ʁe/		 abuseras
/a.byz.ʁa/		 abusera
/a.byz.ʁa/		 abuserons
/a.byz.ʁɔ̃/		 abuserez
/a.byz.ʁe/		 abuseront
/a.byz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abuserais
/a.byz.ʁɛ/		 abuserais
/a.byz.ʁɛ/		 abuserait
/a.byz.ʁɛ/		 abuserions
/a.by.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 abuseriez
/a.by.zə.ʁje/		 abuseraient
/a.byz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present abuse
/a.byz/		 abuses
/a.byz/		 abuse
/a.byz/		 abusions
/a.by.zjɔ̃/		 abusiez
/a.by.zje/		 abusent
/a.byz/
imperfect2 abusasse
/a.by.zas/		 abusasses
/a.by.zas/		 abusât
/a.by.za/		 abusassions
/a.by.za.sjɔ̃/		 abusassiez
/a.by.za.sje/		 abusassent
/a.by.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abuse
/a.byz/		 — abusons
/a.by.zɔ̃/		 abusez
/a.by.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin abūsus (“consumed, wasted, misused”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • (Jersey) IPA(key): /abyːze/

Verb

abuser

  1. (Jersey) to abuse

References
  • Spence, N.C.W. (1960). Glossary of Jersey-French. Oxford: Blackwell. p. 40.
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