abstinente

French

Adjective

abstinente

1. feminine singular of abstinent

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

abstinente

1. inflection of abstinent:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Latin

Participle

abstinente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of abstinēns

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abstɪˈnɛntə/, /apstɪˈnɛntə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛntə
• Hyphenation: ab‧sti‧nen‧te

Adjective

abstinente

1. definite singular of abstinent
2. plural of abstinent

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstinentem.

Adjective

abstinente m or f (plural abstinentes)

1. abstinent (refraining from indulgence)

Noun

abstinente m or f by sense (plural abstinentes)

1. abstinent (one who abstains)

Related terms

• abstinência
• abstenção
• abster

Further reading

• “abstinente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “abstinente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abstinentem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abstiˈnente/ [aβ̞s.t̪iˈnẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: abs‧ti‧nen‧te

Adjective

abstinente m or f (masculine and feminine plural abstinentes)

1. abstinent

Derived terms

• abstinentemente

Related terms

• abstención
• abstener
• abstinencia

Further reading

• “abstinente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025