aval
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
aval (plural avals)
- (finance, law) A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
Translations edit
financial guarantee
References edit
- aval, in Investopedia.
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin avus (“grandfather”).
Adjective edit
aval (not comparable)
- (rare) Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.
- 1973, Wilfred T. Neill, Twentieth-Century Indonesia, Columbia University Press, published 1973, →ISBN, page 299:
- Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother […] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort.
Synonyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- (grandfather): grandfatherly, grandpaternal
- (grandmother): grandmaternal, grandmotherly
Anagrams edit
Breton edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aval m
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aval m (plural avals)
Further reading edit
- “aval” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cornish edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aval m (plural avalow or avallow)
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- aval briansen (“larynx”)
- aval dor (“potato”)
- aval dor brewys (“mashed potato”)
- aval goodh (“crabapple, wild apple”)
- aval gwlanek (“peach”)
- aval kerensa (“tomato”)
- aval lagas (“eyeball”)
- aval paradhis (“grapefruit”)
- aval saben (“pinecone”)
- avalen (“apple tree”)
- limaval (“lime”)
- lymmaval (“lemon”)
- owraval (“orange”)
- pinaval (“pineapple”)
- sugen aval (“apple juice”)
Estonian edit
Noun edit
aval
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
aval m (uncountable)
- downstream area, lower reaches (of river)
Derived terms edit
- en aval (adjective) (downstream)
Etymology 2 edit
Probably an abbreviation of à valoir.
Noun edit
aval m (plural avals)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “aval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Adverb edit
aval
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French aval.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aval m (plural avais)
- permit (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal)
- Synonyms: permissão, autorização, licença
- (figurative) authorization, approval
References edit
- ^ “aval” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “aval” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
aval n (uncountable)
Declension edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aval m (plural avales)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “aval”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014