aveu

Champenois

Etymology

From Old French avoc, avuec, avoec (“with”), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aboc, *abhoc, *apud hŏque, a Frankish alteration consisting of Latin apud (“with, near, close to”) with hoc (“this”) and -que. Cognate with French avec, Bourguignon aivou, Picard aveuc, Narom aveu, Walloon avou and Franco-Provençal avouéc.

Preposition

aveu

1. with

French

Etymology

Deverbal from avouer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vø/

• Audio:

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Noun

aveu m (plural aveux)

1. (historical) oath of allegiance
2. confession

   passer aux aveux ― to make a confession, to confess

Related terms

• désaveu

Further reading

• “aveu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• veau

Galician

Verb

aveu

1. third-person singular preterite indicative of avir

Norman

Etymology

Deverbal from avouer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.vø/
• Homophone: aveuc

Noun

aveu m (plural aveux)

1. confession

Related terms

• avouer