avis
English
Catalan
Danish
Declension
French
Etymology
From Old French avis, from vis, from Latin visus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vi/
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Further reading
- “avis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós) and Sanskrit वि (ví).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.wis/, [ˈa.wɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.vis/, [ˈaː.vis]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
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
- (figuratively) omen, portent
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
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
- (a bird): ales
Derived terms
- aucellus (Late Latin) (see for further Romance descendants)
Descendants
See also
Etymology 2
Inflected form of avus (“grandfather”)
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.wiːs/
References
- 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, 1883–1887)
- avis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɐˈʋɪs]
Declension
declension of avis
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
---|---|---|
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
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑʋiːs/
- Rhymes: -iːs
Noun
avis f or m (definite singular avisa or avisen, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)
Derived terms
Terms derived from avis
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑʋiːs/
- Rhymes: -iːs
Derived terms
Terms derived from avis
Old French
Swedish
Declension
Invariable, not used in the definite form.
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