ave

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Abbreviation 1.1.1 Synonyms 2 English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Abbreviation 2.5 Anagrams 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Noun 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Noun 3.2.1.1 Inflection 3.3 Etymology 3 3.3.1 Verb 4 Esperanto 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Adverb 5 Galician 5.1 Noun 6 Interlingua 6.1 Noun 7 Italian 7.1 Noun 8 Latin 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Noun 8.3 Interjection 9 Portuguese 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Noun 10 Spanish 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Noun 10.2.1 Usage notes 10.2.2 Synonyms

[edit] Translingual

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ave

1. The ISO 639-3 official language code of Avestan (SIL)

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• ae (ISO 639-1)

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Latin ave

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• Rhymes: -ɑːveɪ, -eɪvi

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ave

1. Refers to an Ave Maria.
2. A reverential salutation.

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ave

1. avenue
2. average

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• Alphagram: AEV
• Eva, EVA

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse agi (“‘fear, discipline’”).

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ave c.

1. discipline, keep in check

   Du skal holde forureningen i ave.

   You must keep the pollution in check.

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From Latin āve.

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ave n. (singular definite avet, plural indefinite ave)

1. Ave Maria

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From Old Norse aga (“‘frighten, scare’”).

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ave (imperative av, infinitive at ave, present tense aver, past tense avede, past participle har avet)

1. discipline, check, restrain

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[edit] Esperanto

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From Esperanto avo

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ave

1. grandfatherly (in the manner or way of a grandfather)

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[edit] Galician

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ave f. (plural aves)

1. bird

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ave

1. bird
2. ave

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ave f.

1. Plural form of ava.

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[edit] Latin

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From Latin aveō.

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ave

1. vocative singular of avus
2. ablative singular of avis

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āve!

1. hail! a formal expression of greetings

   Ave atque vale.

   Hail and farewell.

   Ave Caesar!

   Hail Caesar!

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[edit] Portuguese

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From Latin avis

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ave f. (plural aves)

1. bird

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From Latin avis

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ave f. (plural aves)

1. bird
2. (Chile) fowl, poultry
3. (Spain) train From the acronym AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) meaning high speed train (written mostly all caps).

   Cogeremos el ave el día 23 por la tarde.

   We will take the train on 23 in the afternoon.

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The feminine noun ave is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el ave

However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

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• (bird): pájaro m.