abito

See also: abitò

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hábito, from Latin habitus.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧bi‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˌʔabiˈto/ [ˌʔa.bɪˈt̪o]

Noun

ábitó

1. habit (clothing of priests, monks and nuns)

Verb

ábitó

1. to wear a habit

Cimbrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Venetan abito, itself borrowed from Latin habitus.

Noun

abito m

1. dress (of a woman)

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.bi.to/

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• Rhymes: -abito
• Hyphenation: à‧bi‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin habitus (“habit, appearance”), a noun based on habeō (“have”).

Noun

abito m (plural abiti)

1. garment

   Synonyms: indumento, veste, vestito

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XVI”, in Inferno [Hell]‎^[1], lines 7–9; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎^[2], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Venian ver’ noi, e ciascuna gridava:
     «Sòstati tu ch’a l’abito ne sembri
     essere alcun di nostra terra prava».

     They came towards us, and each one cried out: "Stop, you; for by your garb to us you seem to be some one of our depraved city."

   • 1812, Annibale Caro, transl., Gli amori pastorali di Dafni e Cloe [The Bucolic Loves of Daphnis and Chloe]‎^[3], Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, translation of Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη (Dáphnis kaì Khlóē) by Longus, Ragionamento quarto, page 136:

     vestita che fu la Cloe, conciosi il capo, e forbitosi il viso, tanto a ciascuno fuor del villesco abito parve più bella, che Dafni stesso appena la riconobbe

     When Chloe was dressed, with her hair done, and her face cleaned, she seemed so much more beautiful outside the rustic garment that Daphnis himself barely recognized her.

   1. dress (of a woman)

      Synonym: vestito

   2. suit (of a man)

      Synonym: vestito

   3. habit (of a monk or nun)
2. (zoology) coat (of an animal), especially a bird's plumage

   Synonym: livrea

3. (Christianity) scapular

   Synonyms: abitino, scapolare

4. aptitude, bent

   Synonym: attitudine

5. (literary) habit (action done on a regular basis)

   Synonym: abitudine

   • c. 1307, Dante Alighieri, “Trattato primo, Capitolo I [First Treatise, Chapter 1]”, in Convivio [The Banquet]‎^[4], Florence: Le Monnier, published 1964:

     Veramente da questa nobilissima perfezione molti sono privati per diverse cagioni, che dentro a l’uomo e di fuori da esso lui rimovono da l’abito di scienza.

     Many are, however, deprived of this most noble perfection by various causes within and outside of man which remove him from the habit of knowledge.

   • 1827, Giacomo Leopardi, “Dialogo di Torquato Tasso e del suo genio familiare”, in Operette morali [Small Moral Works]‎^[5], Florence: Guglielmo Piatti, published 1834, page 111:

     la mente, non occupata da altro e non isvagata, mi si viene accostumando a conversare seco medesima assai più e con maggior sollazzo di prima, e acquistando un abito e una virtù di favellare in se stessa

     The mind, not occupied with anything else, and not distracted, is growing accustomed to speaking with itself a lot more and with more delight than before, and [is] acquiring a habit and a virtue of speaking in itself.

6. (literary) bearing, appearance

   Synonyms: aspetto, portamento

7. (Aristotelic philosophy) disposition to be or act in a certain way
8. (medicine) the characteristics of the body's shape
9. (zoology) habitus
10. (crystallography) the predominant simple shape in a crystal

Related terms

• abituare
• abitudine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

abito

1. first-person singular present indicative of abitare

Anagrams

• Tobia, baito, boati

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːˈbiː.toː/, [äːˈbiːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbi.to/, [äˈbiːt̪o]

Verb

ābītō (present infinitive ābītere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stem

1. Alternative form of ābaetō

Conjugation

Conjugation of ābītō (third conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ābītō	ābītis	ābītit	ābītimus	ābītitis	ābītunt
	imperfect	ābītēbam	ābītēbās	ābītēbat	ābītēbāmus	ābītēbātis	ābītēbant
	future	ābītam	ābītēs	ābītet	ābītēmus	ābītētis	ābītent
	perfect	ābītī	ābītistī	ābītit	ābītimus	ābītistis	ābītērunt, ābītēre
	pluperfect	ābīteram	ābīterās	ābīterat	ābīterāmus	ābīterātis	ābīterant
	future perfect	ābīterō	ābīteris	ābīterit	ābīterimus	ābīteritis	ābīterint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ābītam	ābītās	ābītat	ābītāmus	ābītātis	ābītant
	imperfect	ābīterem	ābīterēs	ābīteret	ābīterēmus	ābīterētis	ābīterent
	perfect	ābīterim	ābīterīs	ābīterit	ābīterīmus	ābīterītis	ābīterint
	pluperfect	ābītissem	ābītissēs	ābītisset	ābītissēmus	ābītissētis	ābītissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ābīte	—	—	ābītite	—
	future	—	ābītitō	ābītitō	—	ābītitōte	ābītuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ābītere	ābītisse	—	—	—	—
participles		ābītēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ābītendī	ābītendō	ābītendum	ābītendō	—	—

Verb

abītō

1. second/third-person singular future impersonal active imperative of abeō

References

• “abito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “abito”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hábito, from Latin habitus.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔabito/ [ˌʔaː.bɪˈt̪o]
    • Rhymes: -abito
  • IPA^(key): /ʔaˈbito/ [ʔɐˈbiː.t̪o] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: a‧bi‧to

Noun

ábitó (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜆᜓ)

1. habit (clothing worn by monks and nuns, especially in a religious order)

Derived terms

• abituhan
• abituhin
• mag-abito

 

See also

• sotana

Further reading

• “abito”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “abito”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[6], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 339: “Habito) Abito (pp) C. de religioſo”