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

Derived terms

• Avo Frosto

Related terms

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

 

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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