avocat
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From French avocat (lawyer)
Noun Edit
avocat (plural avocats)
References Edit
- “avocat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avocat”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
French Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Latin advocātus. Doublet of avoué.
Noun Edit
avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocate)
Derived terms Edit
Descendants Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Borrowed from Spanish avocado.[1]
Noun Edit
avocat m (plural avocats)
- avocado
- Synonym: poire d’avocat
Descendants Edit
References Edit
- ^ “avocat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading Edit
- “avocat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ladin Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Noun Edit
avocat m (plural avocac)
Latin Edit
Verb Edit
āvocat
Norman Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Latin advocātus (“advocate”).
Noun Edit
avocat m (plural avocats)
Synonyms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Borrowed from French avocat, from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).
Noun Edit
avocat m (plural avocats)
Derived terms Edit
- avocatchi (“avocado tree”)
Occitan Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Noun Edit
avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocata, feminine plural avocatas)
Etymology 2 Edit
Noun Edit
avocat m (plural avocats)
Piedmontese Edit
Etymology Edit
From Latin advocātus (“advocate”).
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
avocat m (plural avocat)
Romanian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
- advocat (rare)
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French avocat, Latin advocatus. Compare Aromanian avucat.
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
avocat m (plural avocați, feminine equivalent avocată)
Declension Edit
Declension of avocat
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) avocat | ul | (niște) avocați | avocații |
genitive/dative | (unui) avocat | ului | (unor) avocați | avocaților |
vocative | ule | avocaților |
Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
See also Edit
References Edit
- avocat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)