abîmer

== French == === Alternative forms === abimer (post-1990 spelling) abymer (archaic) === Etymology === From abime, abîme, from Late Latin *abyssimus < Latin abyssus (“abyss”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless pit”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.bi.me/ === Verb === abîmer to damage (pronominal, formal) to fall down or sink and disappear in a hole, depth, abyss (pronominal, formal) to become absorbed in something (thought, action) (rare or archaic) to throw down in a hole, depth etc. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “abîmer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012