abs

See also: Abs, ABs, ABS, abs., Abs., ABŞ, A♭s, and abs-

Translingual

Symbol

abs

(international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ambonese Malay.

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æbz/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -æbz

Adjective

abs

Abbreviation of abstract.

Noun

abs

(informal) The abdominal muscles. plural of ab [First attested in the mid 20^th century.]^[1]
Acronym of absolute temperature.
(mathematics) Initialism of absolute value function.

Usage notes

(abdominal muscles): The singular ab is rarely used.

Synonyms

Translations

abdominal muscles

Dutch: buikspieren (nl)
Esperanto: ventromuskoloj pl
Finnish: vatsalihakset pl
French: abdos (fr) m pl
German: Bauchmuskeln (de)
Russian: пресс (ru) m (press)
Swedish: magmuskler (sv) c pl

absolute function

Dutch: abs
Finnish: abs (fi), itseisarvo (fi)
Swedish: abs, absolutbelopp (sv) n, absolutvärde n

Verb

abs

third-person singular simple present indicative of ab

References

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

Anagrams

B.A.'s, BAs, SBA, sab, sab., B. A. S., Bas, BAS, Sab., SAB, bas, ASB, B.A.S., BSA, B.A.s

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *aps, variant of *ap (see ab). Compare Ancient Greek ἄψ (áps, “back again; in return”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abs/, [äps̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abs/, [äbs]

Preposition

abs (+ ablative)

(archaic) Alternative form of ab

Usage notes

This form is used almost exclusively with the second person singular pronoun (tē) in Old Latin up until the early Classical period as an archaicism, with Cicero hesitating between 'abs tē' and 'ā tē' until the latter won out in the final years of his life. The variant most likely became obsolete at the latest by the end of the Augustan era.

Livonian

Noun

abs

inessive singular of ab

Portuguese

Etymology

Abbreviation of abraços (“hugs”).

Noun

abs m pl (plural only)

(Internet slang, text messaging) hugs

Interjection

abs

(Internet slang, text messaging) used to close an informal message or e-mail, or as a goodbye on text messaging
Synonym: bjs

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abs.

Scots

Noun

abs

plural of ab

References

“abs, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

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

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