aviser

Bourbonnais-Berrichon

Verb

aviser

1. to look; to watch

Danish

Pronunciation

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Noun

aviser c

1. indefinite plural of avis

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vi.ze/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French aviser, from avis.

Verb

aviser

1. to advise
2. to take stock of the situation and make a decision accordingly; to decide

   Synonyms: voir, décider

   On avisera plus tard. ― We'll make a decision later.

   • 2018, Zaz, Je parle:

     Que veux-tu que j' te dise ? Moi, je prends parti. Je tourne pas ma langue mille fois. Moi, j'avise avec mon ressenti. Je parle haut.

     What do you want me to say? I take a stance. I don't think about it forever. I decide with my feelings. I speak out.

3. to notice

Conjugation

Conjugation of aviser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	aviser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	avisant /a.vi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		avisé /a.vi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	avise /a.viz/	avises /a.viz/	avise /a.viz/	avisons /a.vi.zɔ̃/	avisez /a.vi.ze/	avisent /a.viz/
	imperfect	avisais /a.vi.zɛ/	avisais /a.vi.zɛ/	avisait /a.vi.zɛ/	avisions /a.vi.zjɔ̃/	avisiez /a.vi.zje/	avisaient /a.vi.zɛ/
	past historic2	avisai /a.vi.ze/	avisas /a.vi.za/	avisa /a.vi.za/	avisâmes /a.vi.zam/	avisâtes /a.vi.zat/	avisèrent /a.vi.zɛʁ/
	future	aviserai /a.viz.ʁe/	aviseras /a.viz.ʁa/	avisera /a.viz.ʁa/	aviserons /a.viz.ʁɔ̃/	aviserez /a.viz.ʁe/	aviseront /a.viz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	aviserais /a.viz.ʁɛ/	aviserais /a.viz.ʁɛ/	aviserait /a.viz.ʁɛ/	aviserions /a.vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	aviseriez /a.vi.zə.ʁje/	aviseraient /a.viz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	avise /a.viz/	avises /a.viz/	avise /a.viz/	avisions /a.vi.zjɔ̃/	avisiez /a.vi.zje/	avisent /a.viz/
	imperfect2	avisasse /a.vi.zas/	avisasses /a.vi.zas/	avisât /a.vi.za/	avisassions /a.vi.za.sjɔ̃/	avisassiez /a.vi.za.sje/	avisassent /a.vi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	avise /a.viz/	—	avisons /a.vi.zɔ̃/	avisez /a.vi.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French aviser, from a- + viser.

Verb

aviser

1. (reflexive) to conceive [with de ‘of (an idea)’]
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     Finalement, ayant perdu l’esprit sans ressource, il vint à donner dans la plus étrange pensée dont jamais fou se fût avisé dans le monde.

     Finally, having lost his mind completely, he happened to come across the strangest thought in the world of which a crazy person ever conceived.

Further reading

• “aviser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ravies, ravise, ravisé, rêvais, révisa, sévira, varies, variés, versai, visera, vraies

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑʋiːsər/
• Rhymes: -iːsər

Noun

aviser m or f

1. indefinite plural of avis

Verb

aviser

1. present of avise

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈʋiːsər/
• Rhymes: -iːsər

Noun

aviser

1. indefinite plural of avis

Old French

Etymology

From avis.

Verb

aviser

1. to recognize
2. to pay attention to
3. to advise; to counsel

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of aviser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aviser			avoir avisé
gerund		en avisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		avisant
past participle		avisé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	avis	avises	avise	avisons	avisez	avisent
	imperfect	avisoie, aviseie, avisoe, aviseve	avisoies, aviseies, avisoes, aviseves	avisoit, aviseit, avisot, aviseve	avisiiens, avisiens	avisiiez, avisiez	avisoient, aviseient, avisoent, avisevent
	preterite	avisai	avisas	avisa	avisames	avisastes	aviserent
	future	aviserai	aviseras	avisera	aviserons	aviseroiz, avisereiz, aviserez	aviseront
	conditional	aviseroie, avisereie	aviseroies, avisereies	aviseroit, avisereit	aviseriiens, aviseriens	aviseriiez, aviseriez	aviseroient, avisereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	avis	avis	avist	avisons	avisez	avisent
	imperfect	avisasse	avisasses	avisast	avisissons, avisissiens	avisissoiz, avisissez, avisissiez	avisassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	avise	—	avisons	avisez	—

Descendants

• French: aviser
• → Middle English: avisen, advisen
  • English: advise, avise

References

• Etymology and history of “aviser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.