avis

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Noun 1.2 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Inflection 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.3 Anagrams 4 Latin 4.1 Etymology 1 4.1.1 Pronunciation 4.1.2 Noun 4.1.2.1 Inflection 4.1.2.2 Synonyms 4.1.2.3 Related terms 4.1.2.4 Descendants 4.1.2.5 See also 4.2 Etymology 2 4.2.1 Pronunciation 4.2.2 Noun 4.3 References 5 Lithuanian 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Noun 6 Norwegian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronunciation 6.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Noun

avis

1. (obsolete) advice; opinion; deliberation.

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aisv
• Siva
• vias
• visa, Visa

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology

From French avis, from Latin ad- and visum.

[edit] Noun

avis c. (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)

1. newspaper

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /a.vi/, SAMPA: /a.vi/

[edit] Noun

avis m. (plural avis) /a.vi/ /a.vi/

1. advice

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aisv
• vais
• visa

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[edit] Latin

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetos) and Sanskrit वि (ví).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈa.wis/
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[edit] Noun

avis (genitive avis); f, third declension

1. a bird
   • ca. 833 — Nennius, Historia Brittonum, III, 54

     et vēnērunt ad eum avēs multī colōris innumerābilēs

     and came to him countless birds of many colors

2. (figuratively) omen, portent

[edit] Inflection

Third declension, parisyllabic i-stem variation (3:PAR).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	avis	avēs
genitive	avis	avium
dative	avī	avibus
accusative	avem	avīs avēs
ablative	avī ave	avibus
vocative	avis	avēs

The ablative singular is often avī in Ecclesiastical Latin.

[edit] Synonyms

• (a bird): ales

[edit] Related terms

aucella / avicella auceps aviārium aviārius

avicula aviculārius avipēs

[edit] Descendants

Aragonese: au Catalan: au

Portuguese: ave Spanish: ave

[edit] See also

• passer

[edit] Etymology 2

Inflected form of avus (“‘grandfather’”)

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈa.wiːs/

[edit] Noun

avīs

1. dative plural of avus
2. ablative plural of avus

[edit] References

• “avis” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)

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[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃éwis.

[edit] Noun

avis f.

1. sheep

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin "ad visum"

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑʋiːs/

[edit] Noun

avis m. and f. (definite singular avisa/avisen; indefinite plural aviser; definite plural avisene)

1. newspaper