aval

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French aval.

Noun

aval (plural avals)

1. (finance, law) A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.

Translations

financial guarantee

• Finnish: vekselitakaus, avaali
• Ido: avalo (io)
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• Thai: อาวัล (aa-wan)

References

• aval, in Investopedia.

Etymology 2

From Latin avus (“grandfather”).

Adjective

aval (not comparable)

1. (rare) Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.
   • 1973, Wilfred T. Neill, Twentieth-Century Indonesia, Columbia University Press (1973), →ISBN, page 299:

     Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother […] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort.

Synonyms

• grandparental

Hyponyms

• (grandfather): grandfatherly, grandpaternal
• (grandmother): grandmaternal, grandmotherly

Anagrams

• Alva, Lava, lava

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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abalom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.val/

Noun

aval m

1. apple

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abalom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaval]
• IPA^(key): [ˈævɐl]

Noun

aval m (plural avalow or avallow)

1. apple

Derived terms

Derived terms

• aval briansen (“larynx”)
• aval dor (“potato”)
• aval dor brewys (“mashed potato”)
• aval goodh (“crabapple, wild apple”)
• aval gwlanek (“peach”)
• aval kerensa (“tomato”)
• aval lagas (“eyeball”)
• aval paradhis (“grapefruit”)
• aval saben (“pinecone”)
• avalen (“apple tree”)
• limaval (“lime”)
• lymmaval (“lemon”)
• owraval (“orange”)
• pinaval (“pineapple”)
• sugen aval (“apple juice”)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.val/

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Etymology 1

From à + val.

Noun

aval m (uncountable)

1. downstream area, lower reaches (of river)

Derived terms

• en aval (adjective) (downstream)

Etymology 2

Probably an abbreviation of à valoir.

Noun

aval m (plural avals)

1. approval, endorsement

Descendants

• → Catalan: aval
• → English: aval
• → Galician: aval
• → Italian: avallo
• → Portuguese: aval
• → Spanish: aval

Anagrams

• lava

Further reading

• “aval”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Occitan

Etymology

a +‎ val

Adverb

aval

1. down

   Antonym: amont

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Portuguese

Etymology

From French aval.

Noun

aval m (plural avais)

1. permit (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal)

Synonyms

• permissão, autorização, licença

Related terms

• avaliação

Further reading

• Template:R:Priberam

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aval.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbal/ [aˈβ̞al]

Noun

aval m (plural avales)

1. endorsement
2. countersignature
3. guarantee

Derived terms

• avalar

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001