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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Abbreviated from avant-garde.
Noun[edit]
avant (plural avants)
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “avant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avant”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
avant
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “avant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “avant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “avant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “avant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French avant, from Old French avant (“before, prior in time, forward”), from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
avant
- beforehand; earlier
- Je l’avais fait avant. ― I had done it beforehand.
Preposition[edit]
avant
- before (in time)
- Antonym: après
- Elle est arrivé un jour avant moi. ― She arrived one day before me.
- Il faut se laver avant de manger. ― You must wash before eating.
- Tais-toi avant que je ne te tue. ― Shut up before I kill you.
- before (in space), in front of, ahead of
- Antonym: après
Derived terms[edit]
- aller de l’avant
- auparavant
- auvent
- avant la lettre
- avant longtemps
- avant l’heure
- avant peu
- avant que
- avant que de
- avant tout
- avant-bras
- avant-centre
- avant-coureur
- avant-dernier
- avant-garde
- avant-goût
- avant-guerre
- avant-hier
- avant-poste
- avant-propos
- avant-veille
- bond en avant
- d’abord et avant tout
- d’avant
- en avant
- gaillard d’avant
- salto avant
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Haitian Creole: anvan
Noun[edit]
avant m (plural avants)
Further reading[edit]
- “avant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French avant, from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).
Adverb[edit]
avant
Preposition[edit]
avant
Derived terms[edit]
- avant-hièr (“day before yesterday”)
Noun[edit]
avant m (plural avants)
Derived terms[edit]
- gaillard d'avant (“forecastle”)
- mât d'avant (“foremast”)
- vaile d'avant (“foresail”)
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).
Adverb[edit]
avant
Preposition[edit]
avant
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Romansch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante.
Preposition[edit]
avant
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