aven
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
aven (plural avens)
- A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
- A pothole.
Translations edit
a vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage
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See also edit
References edit
- Northern Caves, Vols 1-5. Dalesman Publishing, UK. passim
Anagrams edit
Breton edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Breton avon, from Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aven f (plural avenioù)
French edit
Etymology edit
From Occitan avenc, from Gaulish *abonā (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). Compare Breton aven, avon.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aven m (plural avens)
- (geology, caving) pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts)
- (geology) sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK)
Further reading edit
- aven on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “aven”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polabian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German even.
Adverb edit
aven
References edit
- The template Template:R:pox:SejDp does not use the parameter(s):
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Lehr-Spławiński, T., Polański, K. (1962) “aven”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), numbers 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 21 - Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “aven”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
- Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “Awen”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 9
Romanian edit
Noun edit
aven n (plural avene)
- Alternative form of avenă
Declension edit
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aven