abdiquer

== French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin abdicāre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ab.di.ke/ Homophones: abdiquai, abdiqué, abdiquée, abdiquées, abdiqués, abdiquez === Verb === abdiquer (ambitransitive) to abdicate (one's powers) Beatrix des Pays-Bas a abdiqué en 2013. ― Beatrix of the Netherlands abdicated in 2013. (intransitive, formal) to give up; to abandon ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bulgarian: абдики́рам (abdikíram) → Romanian: abdica === Further reading === “abdiquer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012