avant
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Abbreviated from avant-guard.
Noun [edit]
avant (plural avants)
Related terms [edit]
References [edit]
- avant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle French, from Old French avant (“before, prior in time, forward”), from Vulgar Latin abante (“before, in front of”) (compare Classical Latin ante (“before, in front of”)), from Latin ab (“of, from”) + ante (“before”). More at ante.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adverb [edit]
avant
- beforehand; earlier
- Je l'avais fait avant. - I had done it beforehand.
Preposition [edit]
avant
- before (in time)
- Elle est arrivé un jour avant moi. - She arrived one day before me.
- Il faut se laver avant de manger. - You must wash before eating
- Tais-toi avant que je ne te tue. - Shut up before I kill you
- before (in space), in front of, ahead of
Related terms [edit]
- auparavant
- auvent
- avant-bras
- avant-centre
- avant-coureur
- avant-dernier
- avant-goût
- avant-guerre
- avant-hier
- avant la lettre
- avant-poste
- avant-propos
- avant-veille
- avant que de
- bond en avant
- d'avant
- en avant
Noun [edit]
avant m (plural avants)
Anagrams [edit]
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French avant, from Vulgar Latin abante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“of, from”) + ante (“before”).
Adverb [edit]
avant
Preposition [edit]
avant
Derived terms [edit]
- avant-hièr (“day before yesterday”)
Noun [edit]
avant m (plural avants)
Derived terms [edit]
- gaillard d'avant (“forecastle”)
- mât d'avant (“foremast”)
- vaile d'avant (“foresail”)
Old French [edit]
Adverb [edit]
avant
Romansch [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Vulgar Latin abante, from Latin ab + ante, from Proto-Indo-European *ant- (“front, forehead”).
Preposition [edit]
avant
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- English terms with obsolete senses
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- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
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- Jèrriais terms derived from Old French
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