aborter

English

Etymology

From abort +‎ -er.

Noun

aborter (plural aborters)

1. One who or that which aborts.
   • 1927, Infectious Abortion of Cattle, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers’ Bulletin No. 1536, p. 6,^[1]

     Although cows which have aborted may conceive at the first service, it is often necessary to breed an aborter repeatedly before conception takes place.

   1. (derogatory) One who has an abortion.
      • 1992, D. C. Reardon, chapter 1, in Life Stories‎^[2], Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, page 8:

        […] these findings are consistent with other studies which have shown that most aborters tend to be highly informed about contraceptives but failed to use them at the time they became pregnant.

2. (rare) One who performs an abortion.
   • 1963, Richard H. Kuh, “A Prosecutor Considers the Model Penal Code”, in Columbia Law Review‎^[3], 63.4, p. 616:

     But when is one an accomplice? Is a thief the accomplice of his receiver, a briber the accomplice of the official he corrupts […] an abortee the accomplice of the aborter […] ?

Synonyms

• (one who has an abortion): abortee
• (one who performs an abortion): abortionist

Derived terms

• habitual aborter
• recurrent aborter

Related terms

• abortee
• abortion

Translations

one who or that which aborts

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abortør m, abortlege m

• Polish: aborter (pl) m, aborcjonista (pl) m, aborcjonistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: abortador m

one who performs an abortion — see abortionist

Anagrams

• Barreto, Roberta, arboret, taborer

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• (noun): IPA^(key): /aˈbɔʈər/, /aˈbɔʁtər/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /abɔˈʈeːr/, /abɔʁˈteːr/
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• Rhymes: -ər, -eːr
• Hyphenation: ab‧ort‧er

Noun

aborter m

1. indefinite plural of abort

Verb

aborter

1. imperative of abortere

Anagrams

• abroter, arboret, borater, trebora

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English aborter. First attested in 1978.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɔr.tɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrtɛr
• Syllabification: a‧bor‧ter

Noun

aborter m pers (female equivalent aborterka)

1. (medicine) aborter (person performing a medical abortion)

   Synonyms: aborcjonista, aborcjonistka

Declension

Declension of aborter

	singular	plural
nominative	aborter	aborterzy/abortery (deprecative)
genitive	abortera	aborterów
dative	aborterowi	aborterom
accusative	abortera	aborterów
instrumental	aborterem	aborterami
locative	aborterze	aborterach
vocative	aborterze	aborterzy

Related terms

adjectives

• aborcjonistyczny
• aborcyjny
• abortywny

 

adverb

• aborcyjnie

 

nouns

• aborcja
• aborcjonista
• aborcjonistka
• aborcjonizm
• abort

 

verb

• abortować impf or pf

 

Further reading

• aborter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aborter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

aborter

1. indefinite plural of abort