advice

English

Etymology

From Old French avis, from the Old French phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin visum, past participle of videre (“to see”). See vision, and confer avise, advise. The unhistoric -d- was introduced in English 15c.

Pronunciation

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• (RP) IPA: /ədˈvaɪs/
• (US) IPA: /ædˈvaɪs/
• Rhymes: -aɪs

Noun

advice (usually uncountable; plural advices)

1. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel.

   We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. — Franklin.

2. (obsolete) Deliberate consideration; knowledge.

   How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her? — Shakespeare.

3. Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; commonly in the plural. In commercial language, advice usually means information communicated by letter; used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of advice.

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4. (law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act.

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5. (computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, the code whose execution is triggered when a join point is reached.

Synonyms

• counsel, suggestion, recommendation, admonition, exhortation, information, notice
• See also Wikisaurus:advice

Derived terms

• advice boat
• adviceful
• avizefull

Related terms

• advise
• adviso
• aviso

Translations

opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel

• Arabic: نصيحة (ar) (naSiiHa) f
• Aragonese: consello (an) m
• Armenian: խորհուրդ (hy) (xorhurd)
• Bulgarian: съвет (bg) (sǎvet), препоръка (bg) (preporǎka)
• Burmese: အကြံပေးချက် (my) (ăkyanpe:gyet)
• Catalan: consell (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勸告 (cmn), 劝告 (cmn) (quàngào), 忠告 (cmn) (zhōnggào), 建議 (cmn), 建议 (cmn) (jiànyì)

• Czech: rada (cs) f
• Dutch: raad (nl) m, advies (nl) n
• Finnish: neuvo (fi)
• French: conseil (fr) m
• Georgian: რჩევა (ka) (rč’eva)
• German: Rat (de) m
• Hebrew: עצה (he) (e'tza)
• Hindi: सलाह (hi) (salāh) f
• Icelandic: ráð (is) n, ábending (is) f
• Italian: consiglio (it) m
• Japanese: 助言 (ja) (じょげん, jogen), 注意 (ja) (ちゅうい, chūi), 忠告 (ja) (ちゅうこく, chūkoku), アドバイス (ja) (adobaisu)
• Lithuanian: patarimas (lt) m

• Luxembourgish: Rot (lb) m
• Maltese: parir (mt) m
• Norwegian: råd (no) n
• Old French: cunseill
• Oriya: ଉପଦେଶ (or) (upadēśa)
• Persian: پند (fa) (pand), اندرز (fa) (andarz), نصیحت (fa) (nasīhat)
• Polish: rada (pl) f, porada (pl) f, wskazówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: conselho (pt) m
• Russian: совет (ru) (sovét)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: са́вјет (sh) m (Ijekavian), са́вет (sh) m (Ekavian)

  Roman: sávjet (sh) m (Ijekavian), sávet (sh) m (Ekavian)

• Sinhalese: අවවාදය (si) (avavādaya)
• Slovene: nasvet (sl) m
• Spanish: consejo (es) m
• Swahili: ushauri (sw)
• Swedish: råd (sv)
• Telugu: సలహా (te) (salahaa)
• Turkish: tavsiye (tr) öneri (tr) öğüt (tr)
• Urdu: صلاح (ur) (salāh) f
• Volapük: konsäl (vo)

information or notice given

• Bulgarian: известие (bg) (izvestie), съобщение (bg) (sǎobštenie)
• Dutch: aankondiging (nl) f

• Italian: avviso (it) m
• Spanish: aviso (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Basque: aholku (eu), jakinarazpen (eu)

See also

• advice boat
• take advice

References

• advice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913