auvent
See also: au vent
French edit
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French auvans, from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *andebanno (“eaves, portico”) (compare Occitan ambans, Catalan envà), compound of ande (“intensive prefix”) (compare Welsh an-) + banno (“horn”) (compare Welsh ban), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *an- + *bandā.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
auvent m (plural auvents)
Further reading edit
- “auvent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.