avis
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English avys, from Old French avis.
NounEdit
avis
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avis
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “avis” in Den Danske Ordbog
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French avis, from vis, from Latin visus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avis m (plural avis)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “avis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
AnagramsEdit
FriulianEdit
NounEdit
avis
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós), and Sanskrit वि (ví), and Albanian vito (“woodpidgeon”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.u̯is/, [ˈäu̯ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.vis/, [ˈäːvis]
Audio (Classical) (file)
NounEdit
avis f (genitive avis); third declension
- a bird
- ca. 833 — Nennius, Historia Brittonum, III, 54
- et vēnērunt ad eum avēs multī colōris innumerābilēs
- and came to him countless birds of many colors
- et vēnērunt ad eum avēs multī colōris innumerābilēs
- ca. 833 — Nennius, Historia Brittonum, III, 54
- (figuratively) omen, portent
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | avis | avēs |
Genitive | avis | avium |
Dative | avī | avibus |
Accusative | avem | avēs avīs |
Ablative | ave avī |
avibus |
Vocative | avis | avēs |
The ablative singular is often avī in Ecclesiastical Latin.
SynonymsEdit
- (a bird): ales
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avīs
ReferencesEdit
- “avis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “avis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- avis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- avis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)
- the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)
LatvianEdit
NounEdit
avis f
LithuanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avìs f (plural ãvys) stress pattern 4
- sheep (female sheep and generic term)
DeclensionEdit
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | avìs | ãvys |
genitive (kilmininkas) | aviẽs | avių̃ |
dative (naudininkas) | ãviai | avìms |
accusative (galininkas) | ãvį | avìs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | avimì | avimìs |
locative (vietininkas) | avyjè | avysè |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | aviẽ | ãvys |
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Northern KurdishEdit
Central Kurdish | ئاوس (awis) |
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Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Iranian *āpuθra- (“pregnant”), from *puθráh (“son”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás (“boy; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *putlós. Cognate with Persian آبستن (âbestan).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
avis (not comparable, Arabic spelling ئاڤس)
ReferencesEdit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “avis”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 19
Northern SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avis
Norwegian BokmålEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From French avis (“opinion, notice; piece of advise”), from Middle French advis (“opinion”), from Old French avis (“opinion”), from the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin vīsum (“vision, image”). Doublet of advis.
Cognate with Danish avis, Italian avviso, Middle English avys and English avis.
NounEdit
avis f or m (definite singular avisa or avisen, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)
- (journalism) a newspaper (a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles)
- 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 242:
- du mener nok ikke, vi holder aviser
- you probably do not mean, we keep newspapers
- 1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 60:
- der vil blive skrevet korrespondencer i aviserne i nabobyerne
- correspondence will be written in the newspapers of the neighboring towns
- 1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 124:
- generalen sad … og læste aviserne
- the general sat… and read the newspapers
- 1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 202:
- hun har nemlig havt en historie og har staaet i aviserne nylig
- she has had a story and has been in the newspapers recently
- 1993, Knut Faldbakken, Ormens år, page 19:
- jeg abonnerer på åtte aviserjeg abonnerer på åtte aviser
- I subscribe to eight newspapers
- 1995, Ebba Haslund, I mangel av sverd, page 181:
- bunker med illegale aviser
- piles of illegal newspapers
- 2001, Lars Saabye Christensen, Halvbroren, page 216:
- hun hadde gått for å hente avisen
- she had gone to get the newspaper
- 1934 October 9, Folkeviljen, page 3:
- et gammelt munnheld sier «ikke et ord i avisen» om noe som skal være topphemmelig
- an old saying goes "not a word in the newspaper" about something that should be top secret
- 1935 September 17, Folkebladet, page 4:
- foreløbig må avisene ikke vite noe om dette. Altså ikke et ord i avisen om at vi følger et nytt spor
- for the time being, the newspapers must not know anything about this. In other words, not a word in the newspaper that we are following a new path
- (media) a financial enterprise that consists of publishing a newspaper; newspaper agency
- hun er ansatt i en avis
- she is employed by a newspaper
- (business) an office where the newspaper editorial office is located
- han gikk ned i avisen for å snakke med redaktøren
- he went down to the newspaper to talk to the editor
Derived termsEdit
- abonnementsavis
- adresseavis
- aftenavis
- arbeideravis
- avisand
- avisanmeldelse
- avisanmelder
- avisartikkel
- avisblad
- avisblod
- avisbord
- avisbud
- avisdame
- avisdebatt
- avisdesk
- avisdistrikt
- avisdød
- aviseier
- avisfeide
- avisfilm
- avisfolk
- avisfyll
- avisføljetong
- avisgate
- avisgutt
- avishode
- avisholder
- avishus
- avishylle
- avisinnlegg
- avisjungel
- aviskampanje
- aviskiosk
- aviskjevl
- aviskjevleri
- avisklipp
- aviskone
- aviskritikk
- aviskronikk
- aviskurv
- avislapp
- avisleder
- avisleser
- avislitteratur
- avisluke
- avisløgn
- avismann
- avismappe
- avismelding
- avisnavn
- avisnotis
- avisoman
- avisomslag
- avisoppsett
- avisoppslag
- avisoverskrift
- avispapir
- avispenn
- avispoet
- avispolemikk
- avisquerelle
- avisredaksjon
- avisredaktør
- avisreferat
- avisreferent
- avisreklame
- avisreportasje
- avisrute
- avissats
- avisselger
- avissetter
- avisside
- avisskandale
- avisskriver
- avisskriveri
- fullformatavis
DescendantsEdit
- → Kven: aviisi
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
avis
- imperative of avise
ReferencesEdit
- “avis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “avis” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “avis” in Store norske leksikon
AnagramsEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
avis f (definite singular avisa, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “avis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin visum (“vision, image”).
NounEdit
avis m (oblique plural avis, nominative singular avis, nominative plural avis)
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
SwedishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Clipping of avundsjuk (“jealous”) + -is.
AdjectiveEdit
avis (comparative mer avis, superlative mest avis)
DeclensionEdit
Invariable, not used in the definite form.
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
avis