avocat
English edit
Etymology edit
From French avocat (lawyer)
Noun edit
avocat (plural avocats)
References edit
- “avocat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avocat”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French avocat (12th c.), a borrowing from Latin advocātus. Doublet of avoué, which may be inherited or an earlier borrowing.
Noun edit
avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocate)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish avocado.[1]
Noun edit
avocat m (plural avocats)
- avocado
- Synonym: poire d’avocat
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ “avocat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading edit
- “avocat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ladin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
avocat m (plural avocac)
Latin edit
Verb edit
āvocat
Norman edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin advocātus (“advocate”).
Noun edit
avocat m (plural avocats)
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French avocat, from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).
Noun edit
avocat m (plural avocats)
Derived terms edit
- avocatchi (“avocado tree”)
Occitan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocata, feminine plural avocatas)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
avocat m (plural avocats)
Piedmontese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin advocātus (“advocate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avocat m (plural avocat)
Romanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- advocat — rare
- авокат (avocat) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French avocat, Latin advocatus. Compare Aromanian avucat.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
avocat m (plural avocați, feminine equivalent avocată)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) avocat | ul | (niște) avocați | avocații |
genitive/dative | (unui) avocat | ului | (unor) avocați | avocaților |
vocative | ule | avocaților |
Synonyms edit
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Related terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- avocat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)