aviat
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βiˈat]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.viˈat]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [a.viˈat]
- Rhymes: -at
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan viats, vivats, ivaç, from Latin vīvācius, comparative form of vīvāciter (“vigorously”). Compare obsolete Italian avaccio (“soon”).
Adverb edit
aviat
- soon
- Synonyms: tost, de seguida, ràpidament
- El sopar aviat estarà fet. ― Dinner will be ready soon.
- early
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle edit
aviat (feminine aviada, masculine plural aviats, feminine plural aviades)
- past participle of aviar
Further reading edit
- “aviat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “aviat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “aviat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.