Abe
English
Etymology 1
A shortening from Abraham. In the slang sense for money, refers to the picture of Abraham Lincoln on the currency.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
AbeCategory:English lemmas#ABECategory:English proper nouns#ABECategory:English uncountable nouns#ABECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABECategory:Pages with entries#ABECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ABE
- A diminutive of the male given name Abraham, from HebrewCategory:English given names#ABECategory:English male given names#ABECategory:English male given names from Hebrew#ABECategory:English diminutives of male given names#ABECategory:English diminutives of male given names from Hebrew#ABE.
Derived terms
Noun
Abe (plural Abes)Category:English lemmas#ABECategory:English nouns#ABECategory:English countable nouns#ABECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABECategory:Pages with entries#ABECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ABE
- (slangCategory:English slang#ABE, USCategory:American English#ABE) A five-dollar bill.
- Synonyms: Abe Lincoln, Lincoln
- 1996, J. Madison Davis, And the Angels Sing, page 210:
- "Gambling's not my form of masochism," said Carl. "Huh?" "So how much?" "The wad's mostly ones. Some Jeffersons. Two or three Abes."Category:English terms with quotations#ABE
Etymology 2
Borrowed from JapaneseCategory:English terms borrowed from Japanese#ABECategory:English terms derived from Japanese#ABE 阿部 (Abe), JapaneseCategory:English terms borrowed from Japanese#ABECategory:English terms derived from Japanese#ABE 安部 (Abe) or JapaneseCategory:English terms borrowed from Japanese#ABECategory:English terms derived from Japanese#ABE 安倍 (Abe).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Abe (plural Abes)Category:English lemmas#ABECategory:English proper nouns#ABECategory:English countable nouns#ABECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ABECategory:Pages with entries#ABECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ABE
Anagrams
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Short for Abelardo.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: A‧be
Noun
AbeCategory:Cebuano lemmas#ABECategory:Cebuano nouns#ABECategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#ABECategory:Pages with entries#ABECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ABE
Etymology 2
From EnglishCategory:Cebuano terms derived from English#ABE Abe, shortened from Abraham.
Noun
AbeCategory:Cebuano lemmas#ABECategory:Cebuano nouns#ABECategory:Cebuano entries with incorrect language header#ABECategory:Pages with entries#ABECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ABE
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Abe mCategory:Dutch lemmas#ABECategory:Dutch proper nouns#ABECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#ABECategory:Dutch masculine nouns#ABECategory:Pages with entries#ABECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ABE
- a male given nameCategory:Dutch given names#ABECategory:Dutch male given names#ABE, West Frisian variant of Albert and Abel
Japanese
Romanization
AbeCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#ABECategory:Japanese romanizations#ABECategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#ABECategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#ABECategory:Pages with entries#ABECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ABE
Scots
Proper noun
AbeCategory:Scots lemmas#ABECategory:Scots proper nouns#ABECategory:Scots entries with incorrect language header#ABECategory:Pages with entries#ABECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ABE
- a male given name, equivalent to English AlbertCategory:Scots given names#ABECategory:Scots male given names#ABE
References
- “Abe”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from JapaneseCategory:Tagalog terms borrowed from Japanese#ABECategory:Tagalog terms derived from Japanese#ABE 阿部 (abe).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔabe/ [ˈʔaː.bɛ]Category:Tagalog 2-syllable words#ABECategory:Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation#ABE
Category:Tagalog terms with audio pronunciation#ABEAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -abeCategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/abe#ABECategory:Rhymes:Tagalog/abe/2 syllables#ABE
- Syllabification: A‧beCategory:Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation#ABE
Proper noun
Abe (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒ)Category:Tagalog lemmas#ABECategory:Tagalog proper nouns#ABECategory:Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries#ABECategory:Tagalog terms with Baybayin script#ABECategory:Tagalog entries with incorrect language header#ABECategory:Pages with entries#ABECategory:Pages with 6 entries#ABE
- a Filipino-Japanese surname from JapaneseCategory:Tagalog surnames#ABECategory:Tagalog surnames from Japanese#ABE
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Abe is the 2,027th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 5,671 individuals.