avant
English edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviated from avant-garde.
Noun edit
avant (plural avants)
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References edit
- “avant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avant”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
avant
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Further reading edit
- “avant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “avant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “avant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “avant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French avant, from Old French avant (“before, prior in time, forward”), from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
avant
- beforehand; earlier
- Je l’avais fait avant. ― I had done it beforehand.
Preposition edit
avant
- before (in time)
- Antonym: après
- Elle est arrivé un jour avant moi. ― She arrived one day before me.
- Il faut se laver avant de manger. ― You must wash before eating.
- Tais-toi avant que je ne te tue. ― Shut up before I kill you.
- before (in space), in front of, ahead of
- Antonym: après
Derived terms edit
- aller de l’avant
- auparavant
- auvent
- avant la lettre
- avant longtemps
- avant l’heure
- avant peu
- avant que
- avant que de
- avant tout
- avant-bras
- avant-centre
- avant-coureur
- avant-dernier
- avant-garde
- avant-goût
- avant-guerre
- avant-hier
- avant-poste
- avant-propos
- avant-veille
- bond en avant
- d’abord et avant tout
- d’avant
- en avant
- gaillard d’avant
- salto avant
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Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: anvan
Noun edit
avant m (plural avants)
Further reading edit
- “avant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French avant, from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).
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avant
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avant
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- avant-hièr (“day before yesterday”)
Noun edit
avant m (plural avants)
Derived terms edit
- gaillard d'avant (“forecastle”)
- mât d'avant (“foremast”)
- vaile d'avant (“foresail”)
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).
Adverb edit
avant
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avant
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Etymology edit
From Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante.
Preposition edit
avant