avis

See also āvis, and avīs

English

Noun

avis

1. (obsolete) advice; opinion; deliberation.

Anagrams

• Siva
• vias
• visa, Visa

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French avis

Noun

avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)

1. (journalism) newspaper

Inflection

    Inflection of avis

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	avis	avisen	aviser	aviserne
genitive	avis'	avisens	avisers	avisernes

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French

Etymology

Old French avis.

Pronunciation

• audio

  (file)

• IPA: /a.vi/, X-SAMPA: /a.vi/

Noun

avis m (plural avis)

1. opinion
2. piece of advice
3. notice

Synonyms

• (opinion): opinion
• (piece of advice): conseil

Anagrams

• vais
• visa

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Latin

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Etymology 1

avis (a bird)

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈa.wis/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

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

Inflection

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.

Synonyms

• (a bird): ales

Related terms

• aucella / avicella
• auceps
• aviārium
• aviārius

• avicula
• aviculārius
• avipēs

Descendants

• Aragonese: au
• Catalan: au

• Portuguese: ave
• Spanish: ave

See also

• passer

Etymology 2

Inflected form of avus (“grandfather”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈa.wiːs/

Noun

avīs

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

References

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

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Latvian

Noun

avis f

1. nominative plural form of avs
2. vocative plural form of avs
3. accusative plural form of avs

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Noun

avis f

1. sheep

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French avis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑʋiːs/, X-SAMPA: /APi:s/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

avis f, m

1. newspaper

Inflection

    Inflection of avis

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål f	avis	avisa	aviser	avisene
Bokmål m	avis	avisen	aviser	avisene

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French avis.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑʋiːs/, X-SAMPA: /APi:s/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

avis f

1. newspaper

Inflection

    Inflection of avis

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk f	avis	avisa [avisi]	aviser	avisene

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Old French

Etymology

From the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin visum (“vision, image”).

Noun

avis m (oblique plural avis, nominative singular avis, nominative plural avis)

1. opinion

Synonyms

• vis (more common)
• opinion

Descendants

• Middle English: avys
  • English: avis
• Middle French: advis
  • French: avis

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Swedish

Etymology

From avundsjuk (“jealous”) + -is

Adjective

avis (comparable mer avis, superlative mest avis)

1. (colloquial) jealous