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abader

Pronunciation: /a.ba.de/

“abader” is a French word. Its 2 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to allow out; to remove the restraints from
  2. to escape, get out, run away, figuratively take off

In French

  1. Déformation de l’expression campagnarde « à la bade » en liberté, « être à la bade »: être libre (ils mirent les chevaux à la bade dans le pré).
  2. Francisation du verbe arpitan
  3. Francisation d’une expression régionale « abada » dérivé de l’.
  4. Mettre un troupeau en liberté.
  5. Prendre son essor, prendre sa course, courir les champs, s’affranchir de toute entrave et de toute gêne, se sauver, s’enfuir.
  6. Se lever.
  7. Divaguer, flâner, s’en aller, s’enfuir, se disperser, se promener, vadrouiller, vagabonder.

Etymology

From Franco-Provençal abadar, from Occitan badar, from Early Medieval Latin batare (“to gape”).

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