abomination, n.f., abomination, detestation. Avoir en —; to abominate, to hold in detestation. Être en —; to be detested.
abondamment (-da-mān), adv., abundantly.
abondance, n.f., abundance, plenty, copiousness, plentifulness; multitude, affluence; richness, fullness (of language); weak wine-and-water (in schools). Corne d’—; horn of plenty, cornucopia. — de biens; opulence. Vivre, être, dans l’—; to live in plenty. Parler avec —; to speak fluently. Ecrire, parler, d’—; to write, to speak, extempore, offhand. — de biens ne nuit pas; store is no sore.
abondant, -e, adj., abounding, plentiful, copious; fruitful, exuberant, teeming, voluble, diffusive. Une langue —e; a copious language.
abonder, v.n., to abound in or with, to be full of; to overflow. Il abonde dans votre sens; he supports your opinion; he has come round to; he concurs in. — dans son sens; to be wedded to one’s own opinion.
abonné, n.m., -e, n.f., subscriber (to periodicals, theatres, &c.).
abonnement (-mān), n.m., subscription (to periodicals, theatres, &c.); agreement. Les —s sont suspendus pour ce soir (of places of amusement); season-tickets not available this evening.
abonner, v.a., to subscribe for.
s’abonner, v.r., to subscribe; to compound for. On s’abonne à; subscriptions are received at.
☉abonnir, v.a., to better, to mend, to improve.