avant-garde
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French avant-garde (“‘vanguard’”)
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[edit] Noun
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avant-garde (plural avant-gardes)
- (obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.15:
- Lyonses and Pharyaunce had the aduant garde, and they two knyghtes mette with kyng Idres and his felauship, and there began a grete medele of brekyng of speres and smytynge of swerdys with sleynge of men and horses.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.15:
- Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
[edit] Translations
Group of people promoting new concepts
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[edit] Adjective
avant-garde (comparative more avant-garde, superlative most avant-garde)
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- Innovative, pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.
- It was a very avant-garde production.
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- trendy
- underground
- See also WikiSaurus:innovation
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
From avant (before) and garde (guard).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /a.vɑ̃.ɡaʁd/
[edit] Noun
avant-garde f. (plural avant-gardes)
- (military) Vanguard
- (figuratively) Avant-garde