avis
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From Middle English avys, from Old French avis.
Noun Edit
avis
Anagrams Edit
Catalan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
avis
Danish Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)
Declension Edit
References Edit
- “avis” in Den Danske Ordbog
French Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Old French avis, from vis, from Latin visus.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
avis m (plural avis)
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
Further reading Edit
- “avis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams Edit
Friulian Edit
Noun Edit
avis
Latin Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós), and Sanskrit वि (ví), and Albanian vito (“woodpidgeon”).
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.u̯is/, [ˈäu̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.vis/, [ˈäːvis]
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Noun Edit
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
- (figurative) omen, portent
Declension Edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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.
Synonyms Edit
- (a bird): ales
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
See also Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.u̯iːs/, [ˈäu̯iːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.vis/, [ˈäːvis]
Noun Edit
avīs
References Edit
- “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)
Latvian Edit
Noun Edit
avis f
Lithuanian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
avìs f (plural ãvys) stress pattern 4
- sheep (female sheep and generic term)
Declension Edit
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 terms Edit
See also Edit
Northern Kurdish Edit
Central Kurdish | ئاوس (awis) |
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Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
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).
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
avis (not comparable, Arabic spelling ئاڤس)
- pregnant (of animals only; taboo for humans)
References Edit
- Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “avis”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 19
Northern Sami Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
avis
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
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.
Noun Edit
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 terms Edit
- 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
Descendants Edit
- → Kven: aviisi
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
avis
- imperative of avise
References Edit
- “avis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “avis” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “avis” in Store norske leksikon
Anagrams Edit
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
avis f (definite singular avisa, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “avis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French Edit
Etymology Edit
From the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin visum (“vision, image”).
Noun Edit
avis m (oblique plural avis, nominative singular avis, nominative plural avis)
Synonyms Edit
Descendants Edit
Swedish Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Clipping of avundsjuk (“jealous”) + -is.
Adjective Edit
avis (comparative mer avis, superlative mest avis)
Declension Edit
Invariable, not used in the definite form.
Etymology 2 Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun Edit
avis