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- French · borrowed fromabat-son
- English todayabat-son
Borrowed from French abat-son, from abat (“to bring down”) + sons (“sounds”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
abat-son
Today it means: An architectural device consisting of large louvres with the purpose of directing sound in a specific direction. Full definition →
French abat-son