ave

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

English

Etymology 1

From Latin ave.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːveɪ, -æveɪ, -eɪvi

Noun

ave (plural aves)

1. An Ave Maria.

   Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying / And kneel and say an ave there for me.

2. A reverential salutation.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Alternative forms

• ave.

Noun

ave

1. Abbreviation of avenue.
2. Abbreviation of average.

Anagrams

• AEV, EAV, EVA, Eva, Vea, eva, eva', vae

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse agi (“fear, discipline”).

Noun

ave c

1. discipline, keeping in check

   Du skal holde forureningen i ave.

   You must keep the pollution in check.

Etymology 2

From Latin āve.

Noun

ave n (singular definite avet, plural indefinite ave)

1. Ave Maria

Inflection

Declension of ave

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ave	avet	ave	avene
genitive	aves	avets	aves	avenes

Etymology 3

From Old Norse aga (“frighten, scare”).

Verb

ave (imperative av, infinitive at ave, present tense aver, past tense avede, perfect tense har avet)

1. discipline, check, restrain

Conjugation

Conjugation of ave

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	ave	aves
Present tense	aver	aves
Past tense	avede	avedes
Imperative	av	-
Participle
Present	avende
Past	avet
Gerund	aven

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Esperanto

Etymology

From avo +‎ -e

Adverb

ave

1. grandfatherly (in the manner or way of a grandfather)

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Friulian

Etymology

From Latin ava.

Noun

ave f (plural avis)

1. grandmother

Synonyms

• none

Related terms

• basave
• von

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ave, from Latin avis, avem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

Noun

ave f (plural aves)

1. bird

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Interlingua

Etymology 1

From Latin avis.

Noun

ave (plural aves)

1. bird

Etymology 2

From Latin ave.

Interjection

ave

1. hail

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin ave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ve/

Interjection

ave

1. hail

Noun

ave f

1. plural of ava

Anagrams

• Eva

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Latin

Etymology 1

Although formally a perfectly regular form synchronically, it has most likely become to be used as a greeting because of a paronymic contamination with earlier Latin havĕ borrowed from Punic *ḥawe (“live!”) (2sg imp.) akin to Hebrew חוה‎ (“Eve”), which also explains form avō (from Punic *ḥawū 2pl imp.) attested since Plautus.

Verb

avē

1. second-person singular present imperative of aveō
2. hail! a formal expression of greetings

   Ave atque vale.

   Hail and farewell.

   Ave Caesar!

   Hail Caesar!

Usage notes

• At least around the first century CE, popular and probably original greeting form havĕ was not considered suitable for formal settings.

Etymology 2

Noun

ave m

1. vocative singular of avus

Etymology 3

Noun

ave f

1. ablative singular of avis

References

• ave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈave/

Verb

ave

1. inflection of avvit:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ave (“hail!”).

Noun

ave n (definite singular avet, indefinite plural aver, definite plural ava or avene)

1. An Ave Maria

References

• “ave” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Eva, eva, vea

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ave (“hail!”).

Noun

ave n (definite singular avet, indefinite plural ave, definite plural ava)

1. An Ave Maria

References

• “ave” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Eva, eva, vea

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Old Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin avis (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.βe/

Noun

ave f

1. bird
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 124 (facsimile):

     aue nen beſta dele non comiu per ren.

     Neither bird nor beast would eat him for anything.

Descendants

• Galician: ave
• Portuguese: ave

Etymology 2

From Latin avē (“hail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.βe/, /a.ˈβɛ/

Noun

ave f

1. hail (introduces a formal greeting)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 60 (facsimile):

     Entre aue eua gran departimenta.

     (Entre Av'e Eva gran departiment'a)

     Between ave and Eve there is a great difference.

Descendants

• Galician: ave
• Portuguese: ave

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese ave (“bird”), from Latin avis, avem (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ve/
• Hyphenation: a‧ve
• Rhymes: -avi

Noun

ave f (plural aves)

1. bird

   Todas as aves têm asas.

   All birds have wings.

Synonyms

• pássaro

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: avi

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese ave, from Latin avē (“hail”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɛ/
• Hyphenation: a‧ve

Interjection

ave!

1. hail (introduces a formal greeting)

   Ave César!

   Hail Caesar!

2. Clipping of ave Maria.

Synonyms

• salve

Derived terms

• ave Maria
• afe (from 'ave Maria!' short form)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈabe/, [ˈaβe]

Etymology 1

From Latin avis, avem, from Proto-Italic *awis (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

Noun

ave f (plural aves)

1. bird

   Synonym: pájaro (especially small birds)

2. (Chile) fowl, poultry

Usage notes

• The feminine noun ave is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el ave

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Hyponyms

• See also Category:es:Birds

Derived terms

• ave acuática (“water bird”)
• ave cantora (“songbird”)
• ave de corral (“poultry”)
• ave del paraíso (“bird of paradise”)
• avefría (“lapwing”)
• ave marina (“sea bird”)
• ave migratoria, ave de paso, ave pasajera (“migratory bird”)
• ave rapaz, ave de rapiña, ave rapiega (“bird of prey”)
• avestruz (“ostrich”)
• ave zancuda (“wading bird”)
• avecilla
• ave lira
• ave martillo
• ave nocturna
• ave pasajera
• aviar

 

Related terms

• aviario

Etymology 2

From Old Spanish ave, from Latin avē (“hello, hail”)

Interjection

ave

1. (used when coming into a house) hello, hail

Etymology 3

From the acronym AVE (Alta Velocidad Española), meaning high-speed train (written mostly all caps).

Noun

ave f (plural aves)

1. (Spain) train

   Cogeremos el ave el día 23 por la tarde.

   We will take the train on the 23rd in the afternoon.

Further reading

• “ave” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Tolai

Alternative forms

• avet (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

ave

1. First-person exclusive plural pronoun: they (many) and I, them (many) and me

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Venetian

Noun

ave

1. plural of ava