# abater
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English abatere. Equivalent to abate +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /əˈbeɪ.tɚ/
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

### Noun

abater (plural abaters)
* One who, or that which, abates. [From 16th century.]
** 1583, Pedro de la Sierra, translated by Robert Parry, The Second Part of the Myrror of Knighthood‎, London: Thomas Este, Book 1, Part 2, Chapter 21:This is the great Prince of Grecia, called the Knight of the Sunne, restorer of the auncient kingdome of Tinacria, & the abater and breaker of the strength of the most strongest Giants in all the world.
** 1732, John Arbuthnot, Practical Rules of Diet in the Various Constitutions and Diseases of Human Bodies‎, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 1, section 26, p. 281:Anodyne, or Abaters of Pain of the Alimentary Kind. Such things as relax the Tension of the affected nervous Fibres […]
** 1908, John H. Wallace, Preservation of the Game, Fish and Forests of Alabama, address given before the Alabama Press Association, 23 July, 1908, State Printers and Binders, p. 6,
    As a fever germ abater in a malarial district, a flock of bull-bats is worth a grove of quinine trees.
** 1972, David I. Cook, David F. Van Haverbeke, “Trees and shrubs can curb noise, but with quite a few loud ‘ifs’”, in The Yearbook of Agriculture, 972‎, Washington, D.C.: US Department of Agriculture, page 28:[…] research is proving the effectiveness of trees and shrubs as noise abaters—research prompted by the growing awareness that excessive noise is a form of environmental pollution.

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* bat ear, rabate, trabea

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abater (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere. Compare Portuguese abater, Spanish abatir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /abaˈteɾ/ [a.β̞aˈt̪eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ter

### Verb

abater (first-person singular present abato, first-person singular preterite abatín, past participle abatido) abater (first-person singular present abato, first-person singular preterite abatim or abati, past participle abatido, reintegrationist norm)
* (transitive) to bend, lower
    Synonyms: abaixar, amoucar
** to bring the grapevine and its tendrils to the beams and props prepared for growing it
* (transitive) to overthrow, to throw down
* (transitive) to defeat
* (pronominal) to bend, lean
* (pronominal) to become dispirited

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* abatíbel

#### Related terms

* bater

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “abater”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “abat”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abater”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abater”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abater”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese abater, from Late Latin abbattere, from Latin battere. Compare Galician abater, Spanish abatir.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.baˈte(ʁ)/ [a.baˈte(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.baˈte(ʁ)/ [a.baˈte(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.baˈte(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.baˈte(ʁ)/ [a.baˈte(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.baˈte(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɐˈteɾ/ [ɐ.βɐˈteɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɐˈteɾ/ [ɐ.βɐˈteɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.bɐˈte.ɾi/ [ɐ.βɐˈte.ɾi]
* Audio (Brazil):(file)
* Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ter

### Verb

abater (first-person singular present abato, first-person singular preterite abati, past participle abatido)
* (intransitive) to collapse
* (intransitive) to topple
* (transitive) to slaughter
* (intransitive) to abate, weaken
* (transitive) to reduce

#### Derived terms

* abate
* abatedouro
* abatimento

#### Related terms

* bater

### Further reading

* “abater”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “abater”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “abater” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “abater”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “abater”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “abater”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025