Abbeville

English

Etymology

From French Abbeville, from Old French Abevile.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæb.iˌvɪl/

Proper noun

Abbeville

1. A town and commune of the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France.
2. A townland in Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland.
3. A city, the county seat of Henry County, Alabama, United States.
4. A city, the county seat of Wilcox County, Georgia, United States.
5. A city, the parish seat of Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.
6. A town in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States.
7. A city, the county seat of Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States.

Derived terms

• Abbeville County

Translations

town in Picardy, France

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿布維爾／阿布维尔 (Ābùwéi'ěr)

• Danish: Abbeville
• French: Abbeville (fr)

  Old French: Abevile

• Georgian: აბვილი (abvili)
• Japanese: アブヴィル (Abuviru)
• Korean: 아브빌 (Abeubil)
• Portuguese: Abbeville f
• Russian: Аббеви́лль m (Abbɛvíllʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Абевил m

  Roman: Abevil m

• Turkish: Abbeville
• Ukrainian: Аббеві́ль m (Abbevílʹ)

townland in County Tipperary, Ireland

• Irish: Baile an Phíopaire m

Further reading

• Laurence Urdang (editor), The Random House College Dictionary (Random House, 1984 [1975], →ISBN), page 2

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French Abevile.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab.vil/

• Audio (Paris):

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /be.vil/
• Rhymes: -il

Proper noun

Abbeville ?

1. Abbeville (a town in France)

Derived terms

• abbevillois, Abbevillois

Descendants

• → English: Abbeville
• → Portuguese: Abbeville

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French Abbeville.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.beˈvi.li/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.beˈvi.li/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.beˈvi.le/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈvi.lɨ/ [ɐ.βɨˈvi.lɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈvi.lɨ/ [ɐ.βɨˈvi.lɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɨˈbi.lɨ/ [ɐ.βɨˈβi.lɨ]

Proper noun

Abbeville

1. Abbeville (a town in Picardy, France)