avoué

See also: avoue

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French avoe (“protector, defensor”), from Latin advocātus. Doublet of avocat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vwe/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

avoué m (plural avoués, feminine avouée)

1. (law) solicitor; attorney

Participle

avoué (feminine avouée, masculine plural avoués, feminine plural avouées)

1. past participle of avouer

Further reading

• “avoué”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.