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See also: Appendix:Variations of "avis"

English

Etymology

From Middle English avys, from Old French avis.

Noun

avis

  1. (obsolete) advice; opinion; deliberation.

Anagrams

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Pronunciation

Noun

avis

  1. plural of avi

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French avis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈviːˀs/, [æˈʋiˀs̺]

Noun

avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)

  1. (journalism) newspaper

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

References

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

avis m (invariable)

  1. opinion
    Synonym: opinion
  2. piece of advice
    Synonym: conseil
  3. notice

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Norwegian Bokmål: advis
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: avis

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Noun

avis

  1. plural of ave

Latin

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Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Italic *awis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós), and Sanskrit वि (ví), and Albanian vito (“woodpidgeon”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    avis f (genitive avis); third declension

    1. a bird
      Synonym: ales
      • c. 37 BCE – 30 BCE, Virgil, Georgics 4.109–111:
        Invitent croceis [apes] halantes floribus horti
        Et custos furum atque avium cum falce saligna
        Hellespontiaci servet tutela Priapi.
        May gardens bright, fragrant with flower, lure them [the bees] and Hellespontian Priap with his willow scythe the robbing bee and the birds keep away.
      • c. 833, Nennius, “Vita Patricii” (chapter III), in Historia Brittonum, page 54:
        et vēnērunt ad eum avēs multī colōris innumerābilēs
        and came to him countless birds of many colors
    2. (figuratively) omen, portent
    Declension

    Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).

    More information singular, plural ...

    The ablative singular is often avī in Ecclesiastical Latin.

    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Aragonese: au
    • Catalan: au
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: ave
    • Sardinian: ave (Nuorese), ae (Logudorese)
    • Old Spanish: ave
    See also

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    avīs

    1. dative/ablative plural of avus

    References

    • “avis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “avis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "avis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “avis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
      • the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)
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    Latvian

    Noun

    avis f

    1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of avs

    Lithuanian

    Etymology

    From Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    avi̇̀s f (plural ãvys) stress pattern 4

    1. sheep (female sheep and generic term)

    Declension

    More information singular (vienaskaita), plural (daugiskaita) ...

    Derived terms

    terms derived from "avìs"

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    Northern Kurdish

    More information Central Kurdish ...

    Alternative forms

    • avîs

    Etymology

    From Proto-Iranian *āpuθra- (“pregnant”), from *puθráh (“son”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás (“boy; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *putlós. Cognate with Persian آبستن (âbestan).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    avis (not comparable, Arabic spelling ئاڤس)

    1. pregnant (of animals only; taboo for humans)

    References

    • Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “avis”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 19

    Northern Sami

    Pronunciation

    • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈaviːs/

    Noun

    avis

    1. locative singular of avvi

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈʋiːs/
    • Rhymes: -iːs
    • Hyphenation: av‧is

    Etymology 1

    From French avis (“opinion, notice; piece of advise”), from Middle French advis (“opinion”), from Old French avis (“opinion”), from the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin vīsum (“vision, image”). Doublet of advis.

    Cognate with Danish avis, Italian avviso, Middle English avys and English avis.

    Noun

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

    1. (journalism) a newspaper (a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles)
      Synonyms: avisblad, blad, tidende, tidning
      ikke et ord i avisen ― keep something secret
      • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 242:
        du mener nok ikke, vi holder aviser
        you probably do not mean, we keep newspapers
      • 1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 60:
        der vil blive skrevet korrespondencer i aviserne i nabobyerne
        correspondence will be written in the newspapers of the neighboring towns
      • 1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 124:
        generalen sad … og læste aviserne
        the general sat… and read the newspapers
      • 1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 202:
        hun har nemlig havt en historie og har staaet i aviserne nylig
        she has had a story and has been in the newspapers recently
      • 1993, Knut Faldbakken, Ormens år, page 19:
        jeg abonnerer på åtte aviserjeg abonnerer på åtte aviser
        I subscribe to eight newspapers
      • 1995, Ebba Haslund, I mangel av sverd, page 181:
        bunker med illegale aviser
        piles of illegal newspapers
      • 2001, Lars Saabye Christensen, Halvbroren, page 216:
        hun hadde gått for å hente avisen
        she had gone to get the newspaper
      • 1934 October 9, Folkeviljen, page 3:
        et gammelt munnheld sier «ikke et ord i avisen» om noe som skal være topphemmelig
        an old saying goes "not a word in the newspaper" about something that should be top secret
      • 1935 September 17, Folkebladet, page 4:
        foreløbig må avisene ikke vite noe om dette. Altså ikke et ord i avisen om at vi følger et nytt spor
        for the time being, the newspapers must not know anything about this. In other words, not a word in the newspaper that we are following a new path
    2. (media) a financial enterprise that consists of publishing a newspaper; newspaper agency
      hun er ansatt i en avis
      she is employed by a newspaper
    3. (business) an office where the newspaper editorial office is located
      han gikk ned i avisen for å snakke med redaktøren
      he went down to the newspaper to talk to the editor
    Derived terms
    • abonnementsavis
    • adresseavis
    • aftenavis
    • arbeideravis
    • avisand
    • avisanmeldelse
    • avisanmelder
    • avisartikkel
    • avisblad
    • avisblod
    • avisbord
    • avisbud
    • avisdame
    • avisdebatt
    • avisdesk
    • avisdistrikt
    • avisdød
    • aviseier
    • avisfeide
    • avisfilm
    • avisfolk
    • avisfyll
    • avisføljetong
    • avisgate
    • avisgutt
    • avishode
    • avisholder
    • avishus
    • avishylle
    • avisinnlegg
    • avisjungel
    • aviskampanje
    • aviskiosk
    • aviskjevl
    • aviskjevleri
    • avisklipp
    • aviskone
    • aviskritikk
    • aviskronikk
    • aviskurv
    • avislapp
    • avisleder
    • avisleser
    • avislitteratur
    • avisluke
    • avisløgn
    • avismann
    • avismappe
    • avismelding
    • avisnavn
    • avisnotis
    • avisoman
    • avisomslag
    • avisoppsett
    • avisoppslag
    • avisoverskrift
    • avispapir
    • avispenn
    • avispoet
    • avispolemikk
    • avisquerelle
    • avisredaksjon
    • avisredaktør
    • avisreferat
    • avisreferent
    • avisreklame
    • avisreportasje
    • avisrute
    • avissats
    • avisselger
    • avissetter
    • avisside
    • avisskandale
    • avisskriver
    • avisskriveri
    • fullformatavis
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    avis

    1. imperative of avise

    References

    • “avis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
    • “avis” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
    • “avis” in Store norske leksikon

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    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Etymology

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

    1. opinion

    Synonyms

    Descendants

    Swedish

    Etymology 1

    Clipping of avundsjuk (“jealous”) +‎ -is.

    Adjective

    avis (comparative mer avis, superlative mest avis)

    1. (colloquial) jelly, jealous
    Declension

    Invariable, not used in the definite form.

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    avis

    1. indefinite genitive singular of avi

    Anagrams

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