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Abby
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abby
English
Alternative forms
en Abbe Abbey Abbi Abbie Abi Abbee some or all of these forms are only diminutives of Abigail, and not Albert
Pronunciation
en /ˈæb.i/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-Abby.wav
en æbi 2
en abbey
Etymology 1
Proper noun
s
en female Abigail Hebrew, also used as a formal given name.
en 2002 w:Annie Proulx That Old Ace in the Hole 0-00-715151-9 81 "I spose you want to be a cattleboy," drawled the multicolored beard whose name was Carrol Day, a curiously feminine name, thought Martin, not yet acquaintanced with the bearded Marions, Fannys and Abbys of Texas who, saddled by their unthinking mothers with dainty names, built savagely masculine frames of character.
en male Albert Germanic languages.
Etymology 2
A clipping of the word.
Noun
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nickname The Abyssinian cat.
Anagrams
en abby baby
en unisex given names terms suffixed with -y
Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Abbey
Etymology
From nl en Abby in the 20th century.
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Abby.ogg
Proper noun
nl proper noun
nl female
French
Etymology
fr en Abby in the 20th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr rare fr female
References
Les plus beaux prénoms classiques et modernes (Cantecler)
Tagalog
Etymology
tl :bor en:Abby + 1
Pronunciation
Aby LL-Q34057 (tgl)-Geoffjop0908-Abby.wav
Proper noun
Abi
tl female English