avanie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French aveinie, from Italian avania (“a heavy tax”), from Byzantine Greek ἁβανία (habanía) (modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá, “defamation, slander”)), from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, traitor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.va.ni/

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Noun

avanie f (plural avanies)

1. (historical) avania
2. affront, insult; snub

Further reading

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