abime

• abyme

Borrowed from French abime.

abime (plural abimes)

1. Obsolete form of abysm.

• Iambe, Mabie, I beam, I-beam

Inherited from Middle French abime, from Old French abisme from Vulgar Latin *abyssimus, a superlative of abyssus (“bottomless pit”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos).

• IPA^(key): /a.bim/

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abime m (plural abimes)

1. post-1990 spelling of abîme

• Often used as if it were plural only.

• abimer

• “abime”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• amibe, iambe, ïambe

From French abîmer.

• IPA^(key): /abime/

abime (medial form abim)

1. to damage
2. to spoil

   Synonyms: andomaze, gate, ruine