abus
French, noun/a.by/
abus is spelled A-B-U-S (4 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,874th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abus is a French masculine noun meaning “abuse (improper usage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Usage mauvais, excessif de quelque chose”.
What does abus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineabuse (improper usage)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Usage mauvais, excessif de quelque chose. 2. Désordre, usage pernicieux. 3. … 4. Erreur.
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.
How do you pronounce abus?
- /a.by/
- \a.by\
- [œ̃.n‿a.by]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abus in French?
abus appears 28 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).