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Etymology 1

From Old English abad, abood, from abiden (“‘to abide’”). See abide. For the change of vowel, compare abode, imp. of abide.

Noun

Singular abode

Plural abodes

abode (plural abodes)

  1. (obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
  2. (uncommon outside fixed expressions) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
  3. (formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
Synonyms
Translations
obsolete: act of waiting
  • Dutch: wachten nl(nl)
  • Finnish: viivytys fi(fi)
  • German: verweile de(de), warten de(de)
  • Russian: задержка ru(ru) (zad'éržka) f., промедление ru(ru) (prom'edl'énije) n.
stay or continuance in a place; sojourn
  • Bulgarian: местопребиваване bg(bg)
  • Dutch: verblijf nl(nl) n.
  • Finnish: oleskelu fi(fi)
slightly dated: residence
  • Bulgarian: жилище bg(bg)
  • Dutch: woonst nl(nl), verblijf nl(nl)
  • Finnish: asunto fi(fi)
  • German: Bleibe de(de) f.
  • Polish: miejsce zamieszkania n., siedziba f.
  • Russian: жилище ru(ru) (žilíš'e) n., обиталище ru(ru) (obitáliš'e) n., обитель ru(ru) (obít'el') f.
  • Scottish Gaelic: còmhnaidh gd(gd) f.
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Translations to be checked
  • French: demeure
  • Vietnamese: nơi ở, sự ở lại, sự lưu lại

Verb

abode

  1. Simple past tense and past participle of abide.

Etymology 2

From a- + bode

Noun

Singular abode

Plural abodes

abode (plural abodes)

  1. (obsolete) An omen.
    • High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. - George Chapman

Verb

Infinitive to abode

Third person singular abodes

Simple past aboded

Past participle aboded

Present participle aboding

to abode (third-person singular simple present abodes, present participle aboding, simple past and past participle aboded)

  1. (transitive) (obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
  2. (intransitive) (obsolete) To be ominous.
Derived terms

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