avocat
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
avocat (plural avocats)
References[edit]
- avocat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin advocatus.
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Spanish aguacate, from Classical Nahuatl āhuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats)
Jèrriais[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin advocātus (“advocate”).
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats)
Synonyms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
āvocat
- third-person singular present active indicative of āvocō
Occitan[edit]
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats)
Categories:
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French terms derived from Spanish
- French terms derived from Classical Nahuatl
- fr:Fruits
- fr:Occupations
- Jèrriais terms derived from Latin
- Jèrriais nouns
- roa-jer:Law
- roa-jer:Occupations
- Latin verb forms
- Occitan nouns
- Occitan countable nouns
