avenant
French edit
Etymology edit
Past participle of avenir, variant of advenir.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
avenant (feminine avenante, masculine plural avenants, feminine plural avenantes)
- comely, fitting
- 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 4, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
- Par les larges hublots du lab, sis au sixième étage, la vue dominait une mer orangée de tuiles en terre cuite qui rappelaient que cette ville avait été, avant d’être « civinisée », une plutôt avenante cité provençale.
- The view from the lab's big windows, located on the sixth floor, overlooked a sea of orange terracotta tiles, which were a reminder that before it was "civinized", this had been a rather charming Provençal town.
Noun edit
avenant m (plural avenants)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “avenant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
From avenir; literally "coming, arriving".
Adjective edit
avenant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular avenant or avenante)
Descendants edit
Verb edit
avenant