abuser

English

Etymology

From abuse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)

Noun

abuser (plural abusers)

  1. One who abuses someone or something. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
  2. (obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use. [Attested from the mid 17th century until the mid 18th century.][1]

Translations

References
  1. “abuser” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From abus +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.by.ze/
  • abuser(file)

Verb

abuser

  1. to mislead
  2. (followed by the preposition de) to take advantage of somebody (especially sexually)
  3. to abuse (use improperly)
  4. (intransitive, slang) to go too far
    Mec, t'abuses, ça fait au moins trente minutes que je t'attends ! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Synonym: exagérer

Conjugation
Conjugation of abuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle abusant
/a.by.zɑ̃/
past participle abusé
/a.by.ze/
infinitive
simple abuser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple abusant
/a.by.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present abuse
/a.byz/		 abuses
/a.byz/		 abuse
/a.byz/		 abusons
/a.by.zɔ̃/		 abusez
/a.by.ze/		 abusent
/a.byz/
imperfect abusais
/a.by.zɛ/		 abusais
/a.by.zɛ/		 abusait
/a.by.zɛ/		 abusions
/a.by.zjɔ̃/		 abusiez
/a.by.zje/		 abusaient
/a.by.zɛ/
past historic2 abusai
/a.by.ze/		 abusas
/a.by.za/		 abusa
/a.by.za/		 abusâmes
/a.by.zam/		 abusâtes
/a.by.zat/		 abusèrent
/a.by.zɛʁ/
future abuserai
/a.byz.ʁe/		 abuseras
/a.byz.ʁa/		 abusera
/a.byz.ʁa/		 abuserons
/a.byz.ʁɔ̃/		 abuserez
/a.byz.ʁe/		 abuseront
/a.byz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abuserais
/a.byz.ʁɛ/		 abuserais
/a.byz.ʁɛ/		 abuserait
/a.byz.ʁɛ/		 abuserions
/a.by.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 abuseriez
/a.by.zə.ʁje/		 abuseraient
/a.byz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present abuse
/a.byz/		 abuses
/a.byz/		 abuse
/a.byz/		 abusions
/a.by.zjɔ̃/		 abusiez
/a.by.zje/		 abusent
/a.byz/
imperfect2 abusasse
/a.by.zas/		 abusasses
/a.by.zas/		 abusât
/a.by.za/		 abusassions
/a.by.za.sjɔ̃/		 abusassiez
/a.by.za.sje/		 abusassent
/a.by.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abuse
/a.byz/		 — abusons
/a.by.zɔ̃/		 abusez
/a.by.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin abūsus (“consumed, wasted, misused”) +‎ -er.

Verb

abuser

  1. (Jersey) to abuse
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