avete

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Italian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /aˈvete/, [aˈveː.t̪e], X-SAMPA: /a"vete/
  • Hyphenation: a‧vé‧te

Verb [edit]

avete

  1. second-person plural present indicative of avere

Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

avēte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of aveō

Middle French [edit]

Noun [edit]

avete f (plural avetes)

  1. honey bee (Apis mellifera).
    • 1600, Olivier de Serres, Le Théâtre d'Agriculture et Mesnage des Champs, 1996 ed., Paris: Actes Sud, 631, ISBN 978-2-7427-0952-5
      Le ruscher sera assis en lieu net et secret ; les avetes haïssans la saleté et toutes sortes de mauvaises senteurs, marescages, bourbiers, fumiers, retraicts, et semblables endroits puants.

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