Ave

See also: ave, ave., 'ave, avé, avè, avë, Ave., and AVE

Estonian

Etymology

Anagram of Eva, also associated with ava (“open”) as in avameelne (“openhearted”).

Proper noun

Ave

1. a female given name

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːve/

Noun

Ave n (strong, genitive Ave or Aves, plural Ave or Aves)

1. Ellipsis of Ave-Maria (“ave, Hail Mary”).
   • 1971, Günter Grass, “Die Vogelscheuchen”, in Gesammelte Gedichte, Luchterhand, page 104:

     weiß nicht, ob alte Jacken, alte Hosen, / wenn sie mit Löffeln in den Dosen / rostig und blechern windwärts läuten, / zur Vesper, ob zum Ave läuten, / zum Aufstand aller Vogelscheuchen läuten

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Declension

Declension of Ave [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Ave	die	Ave, Aves
genitive	eines	des	Ave, Aves	der	Ave, Aves
dative	einem	dem	Ave	den	Aven, Aves
accusative	ein	das	Ave	die	Ave, Aves

Further reading

• “Ave” in Duden online

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Portuguese

rio Ave

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Avus. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“body of water”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ve/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.v(ɨ)/

• Homophone: ave
• Hyphenation: A‧ve

Proper noun

Ave m

1. Ave (a river in Portugal)