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Avis

A-vis′

,
Noun.
[F.
avis
. See
Advice
.]
Advice; opinion; deliberation.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


Avis

Avis

See also: avis, avís, āvis, avīs, and avis'

English

Proper noun

Avis

  1. A particular car rental company

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Avis f

  1. A village and municipality in Portalegre, Portugal.

Related terms

  • avisense

avis

avis

See also: Avis, avís, āvis, avīs, and avis'

English

Noun

avis

  1. (obsolete) advice; opinion; deliberation.

Anagrams


Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from French avis

Noun

avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)

  1. (journalism) newspaper

Declension

References


French

Etymology

From Old French avis, from vis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vi/

Noun

avis m (plural avis)

  1. opinion
  2. piece of advice
  3. notice

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Friulian

Noun

avis

  1. plural of ave

Latin

Etymology 1

avis (a bird)

From Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós) and Sanskrit वि ().

Pronunciation

Noun

avis f (genitive avis); third declension

  1. a bird
    • ca. 833Nennius, Historia Brittonum, III, 54
      et vēnērunt ad eum avēs multī colōris innumerābilēs
      and came to him countless birds of many colors
  2. (figuratively) omen, portent
Inflection

Third declension, alternative ablative singular in and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative avis avēs
genitive avis avium
dative avī avibus
accusative avem avēs
avīs
ablative ave
avī
avibus
vocative avis avēs

The ablative singular is often avī in Ecclesiastical Latin.

Synonyms
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Derived terms

  • aucellus (Late Latin) (see for further Romance descendants)
Descendants
  • Aragonese: au
  • Catalan: au, oca
  • Franco-Provençal: ôye
  • French: oie
  • Friulian: ocje
  • Italian: oca
  • Ligurian: òca
See also

Etymology 2

Inflected form of avus (grandfather)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.wiːs/

Noun

avīs

  1. dative plural of avus
  2. ablative plural of avus

References


Latvian

Noun

avis f

  1. nominative plural form of avs
  2. vocative plural form of avs
  3. accusative plural form of avs

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis, *h₃éwis. Cognate with Latvian avs, Old Church Slavonic овьца (ovĭca).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐˈʋɪs]

Noun

avìs f (plural ãvys) stress pattern 4

  1. sheep (female sheep and generic term)

Declension

Derived terms

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Northern Sami

Noun

avis

  1. locative singular of avvi

Norwegian Bokmål

Aili Keskitalo med samiske aviser (Sami newspapers)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑʋiːs/
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French avis.

Noun

avis f, m (definite singular avisa or avisen, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)

  1. a newspaper
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

avis

  1. imperative of avise

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Bergens Tidende, 30 January 1871

Etymology

Borrowing from French avis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑʋiːs/
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

avis f (definite singular avisa, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)

  1. a newspaper

Derived terms

References


Old French

Etymology

From the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin visum (vision, image).

Noun

avis m (oblique plural avis, nominative singular avis, nominative plural avis)

  1. opinion

Synonyms

Descendants


Swedish

Etymology

From avundsjuk (jealous) + -is

Adjective

avis (comparative mer avis, superlative mest avis)

  1. (colloquial) jealous