Complete Definition of "abysm"

English

Etymology
Old French abisme; French abîme, Late Latin abyssimus, a superlative of Latin abyssus; Greek;. See abyss

Noun
en-noun

  1. An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole

#:Quotations
#:*The abysm of hell - Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, III, xiii

Translations
Catalan: abisme m
Dutch: afgrond m, ravijn n
Esperanto: abismo
Finnish: kuilu
French: abîme m
German: Abgrund m
Italian: abisso m
Interlingua: abysso/abysmo
Portuguese: abismo m
Spanish: abismo m
Russian: бездна m

References
R:1913

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