abolir
French, verb/a.bɔ.liʁ/
abolir is spelled A-B-O-L-I-R (6 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abolir is a French verb meaning “to abolish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mettre hors d’usage, anéantir, supprimer, abroger”.
What does abolir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abolish
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mettre hors d’usage, anéantir, supprimer, abroger. 2. Annuler la poursuite judiciaire d'un crime, par un acte d’autorité souveraine. 3. Faire disparaître.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abolir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- abolissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- aboli participle past
- abolis first-person indicative present
- abolit indicative present singular
- abolissons first-person indicative plural
- abolissez indicative plural present
- abolissent indicative plural present
- abolissais first-person imperfect indicative
- abolissait imperfect indicative singular
- abolissions first-person imperfect indicative
- abolissiez imperfect indicative plural
- abolissaient imperfect indicative plural
- abolîmes first-person historic indicative
- abolîtes historic indicative past
- abolirent historic indicative past
- abolirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abolir?
- /a.bɔ.liʁ/
- \a.bɔ.liʁ\
- \abɔliʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abolir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abolir in French?
abolir appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).