avo

See also: avó, avô, avo-, -avo, and AVO

English

Etymology 1

Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.

Etymology 2

Clipping of avocado.

Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. (informal, Australia) Clipping of avocado.
   • 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand (page 68)

     Given the challenges of trying to propagate avocados, one might wonder why we don't simply get hold of seeds and/or nursery starts and go that route – especially since avos tend to grow somewhat 'true to seed.'

Anagrams

• OAV, OVA, VOA, ova

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈavo/
• Rhymes: -avo

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Noun

avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)

1. grandfather

   Mia avo estas la patro de mia patro. ― My grandfather is the father of my father.

2. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) old man
   • 2009, “Fek al Esperanto! [Fuck Esperanto!]”, in Fek al Esperanto!‎^[1], performed by La Pafklik:

     Mi parolas pri merda lingvo
     Elpensita de stulta avo

     I'm talking about a shitty language
     Thought up by a stupid old man

3. (nonstandard) grandparent (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Derived terms

• Avo Frosto

Related terms

• avinjo
• avino
• avoĉjo
• geavoj
• praavino
• praavo
• prageavoj

 

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋo
• Syllabification: a‧vo

Noun

avo

1. Abbreviation of avokysymys.

Declension

Inflection of avo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		avo	avot
genitive		avon	avojen
partitive		avoa	avoja
illative		avoon	avoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		avo	avot
accusative	nom.	avo	avot
	gen.	avon
genitive		avon	avojen
partitive		avoa	avoja
inessive		avossa	avoissa
elative		avosta	avoista
illative		avoon	avoihin
adessive		avolla	avoilla
ablative		avolta	avoilta
allative		avolle	avoille
essive		avona	avoina
translative		avoksi	avoiksi
instructive		—	avoin
abessive		avotta	avoitta
comitative		—	avoineen

Possessive forms of avo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	avoni	avomme
2nd person	avosi	avonne
3rd person	avonsa

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈavo/

Noun

avo (plural avi)

1. grandparent

Derived terms

• avino (“grandmother”)
• avulo (“grandfather”)
• geavi (“grandfathers and grandmothers”)
• preavino (“great-grandmother”)
• preavo (“great-grandparent”)
• preavulo (“great-grandfather”)
• pregeavi (“great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers”)

 

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vo/

Noun

avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)

1. ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: antenato, ascendente

Derived terms

• avito

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Latin

Noun

avō

1. dative singular of avus
2. ablative singular of avus

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Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.

Adjective

avo 

1. high
2. lofty, eminent