avant

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[edit] Etymology

Abbreviated from avant-guard.

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Singular
avant

Plural
avants

avant (plural avants)

  1. (obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard.

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avant

  1. 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
  2. beforehand, earlier
    Je l'avais fait avant. - I had done it beforehand.

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avant m. (plural avants)

  1. front
    l'avant d'une voiture
  2. (sports) forward

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Latin ab ante

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avant

  1. before