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absolut

1. Obsolete spelling of absolute.
   • 1615 Decemver 9, letter from Lord Scott of Buccleuch, quoted in 1838, James Maidment, Letters and State Papers During the Reign of King James the Sixth: Chiefly from the Manuscript Collections of Sir James Balfour of Denmyln, page 272:

     So, remetting all to your consideration, I rest ever hym quhome you haue most absolut pouer to command, BUKCLEUGHE

   • 1671, An Answer to the Letter Directed to the Author of Jus Populi,, page 18:

     […] even the most absolut politick Empire that can be lawfully set up by men is Iyable to these implyed yea indispensable conditions and exceptions, […]

• Basulto

Learned borrowing from Latin absolūtus.

• IPA^(key): [apsoˈlut]

absolut (feminine absolute)

1. absolute

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “absolut”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “absolut”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

Learned borrowing from Latin absolūtus, from absolvō (“to loosen, to absolve”), from ab- (“from, away from”) + solvō (“to release, to loosen, to dissolve, to take apart”). Doublet of absolt.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əp.suˈlut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ap.soˈlut]

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absolut (feminine absoluta, masculine plural absoluts, feminine plural absolutes)

1. absolute
2. (grammar) absolute

• “absolut”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “absolut”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “absolut” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “absolut” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin absolūtus.

• IPA^(key): [ɑbsoˈlud]

absolut (plural and definite singular attributive absolutte)

1. absolute, full, complete

   Synonyms: fuldstændig, total

2. absolute, nonrelative (which is unconditional and independent of other (similar) conditions)

   Antonym: relativ

absolut

1. absolutely

   Synonym: partout

absolut n (singular definite absoluttet, plural indefinite absolutter)

1. (philosophy) Absolute

• “absolut” in Den Danske Ordbog

16th century, learned borrowing from Latin absolūtus, semantically influenced also by French absolu. The word became popular later on and widely entered the traditional dialects; compare e.g. Westphalian Low German abschluut.

• IPA^(key): /ap.zoˈluːt/, (common assimilation) /ap.soˈluːt/, (colloquial also) /-sə-/

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• Hyphenation: ab‧so‧lut
• Rhymes: -uːt

absolut (strong nominative masculine singular absoluter, comparative absoluter, superlative am absolutesten)

1. absolute

   Antonyms: relativ, verhältnismäßig

absolut

1. absolutely

• “absolut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “absolut” in Duden online
• “absolut” in Duden online

Borrowed from Dutch absoluut, from Latin absolūtus.

• IPA^(key): [ap̚ˈsolʊt̚]
• Hyphenation: ap‧so‧lut

absolut

1. absolute
   1. unconditional: free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions

      Synonym: mutlak

   2. complete, unmitigated
   3. pure; unmixed

      Synonym: murni

   4. certain; unquestionable

      Synonym: nyata

• “absolut”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Polish absolut.

• IPA^(key): /apˈsɔ.lut/
• Rhymes: -ɔlut
• Syllabification: ab‧so‧lut

absolut m inan

1. (philosophy) Absolute

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “absolut”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “absolut”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Borrowed from German absolut, from Latin absolūtus.

• IPA^(key): [ɑpzoˈlut], [ɑpsoˈlut]

absolut (masculine absolutten, neuter absolut, comparative méi absolut, superlative am absolutsten)

1. absolute

absolut

1. absolutely

• absolut in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Borrowed from Latin absolūtus.

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absolut m (feminine singular absoluda, masculine plural absoluts, feminine plural absoludas)

1. absolute

Borrowed from German Absolutes or French absolut,^[1] from Latin absolūtus.^[2] First attested in 1701–1750.^[3]

• IPA^(key): /apˈsɔ.lut/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlut
• Syllabification: ab‧so‧lut

absolut m inan

1. (philosophy) Absolute

   jedyny absolut ― the only Absolute

   boski absolut ― the divine Absolute

   filozoficzny absolut ― the philosophical Absolute

   głód absolutu ― appetite the Absolute

   droga do absolutu ― the way to the Absolute

   wiara w absolut ― belief in the Absolute

   istnienie absolutu ― the existence of the Absolute

   poszukiwanie absolutu ― the search for the Absolute

   dążenie do absolutu ― pursuit of the Absolute

   obcowanie z absolutem ― communion with the Absolute

2. (chemistry) absolute

absolut m pers

2. (obsolete) absolute monarch
   • 1736, Jan Jabłonowski, Historya Telemaka, syna Ulissesa, krola greckiego Itaku‎^[4], page 175:

     Kędy Tron, Abſolutom, moc ſtráſzliwą daie, Są nayslabſze, Bo wnich Krol, bierze, ruinuie, Sam wſzytko, gdy ſam ieden Páństwo obeymuie.

     [Kędy Tron, Absolutom, moc straszliwą daje, są najslabsze, Bo w nich Król, bierze, rujnuje, Sam wszytko, gdy sam jeden Państwo obejmuje.]

     When the trone gives extreme power to absolute monarchs, they are the weakest, because in them, the king takes and ruins everything himself, when he rules the nation himself.

   • 1756, Józef Minasowicz, Zbior rytmow polskich Jozefa Epifaniusza Minasowicza [...] . Częsc pierwsza- [wtora]‎^{[5], [6]}, volume 3, page 335:

     Abſolut w mowie, dyſkurs drugich gaśi, Albo z dyſguſtem ckliwym minę kwaśi.

     [Absolut w mowie, dyskurs drugich gasi, Albo z dysgustem ckliwym minę kwasi.]

     The word absolute in speech silences the other's discussion, or sours his face with a look of disgust.

• absoluta (Middle Polish)

• absolut in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• absolut in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], (Can we date this quote?)
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “absolut”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 1, page 3
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “absolut”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “absolut”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 4
• absolut in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Borrowed from French absolu, from Latin absolūtus.

• IPA^(key): /ab.soˈlut/

absolut m or n (feminine singular absolută, masculine plural absoluți, feminine/neuter plural absolute)

1. absolute

absolut

1. absolutely

• “absolut”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

• IPA^(key): /absɔˈlʉːt/

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absolut

1. absolute, full, complete

   Synonym: fullkomlig

absolut

1. absolutely

absolut

1. absolutely, yes, certainly (expression indicating strong agreement)

   –Kan du hjälpa mig med en sak?
   –Absolut.

   –Can you help me with something?
   –Absolutely.

   –Är Bertil en bra lärare?
   –Absolut.

   –Is Bertil a good teacher?
   —Absolutely.