ave

See also: Ave, avè, and Appendix:ISO 639-3 language codes

English

Etymology 1

Latin ave

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːveɪ, -eɪvi

Noun

ave (plural aves)

1. An Ave Maria.
2. A reverential salutation.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Alternative forms

• ave.

Noun

ave

1. avenue
2. average

Anagrams

• AEV, Eva, EVA

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse agi (“fear, discipline”).

Noun

ave c

1. discipline, keep in check

   Du skal holde forureningen i ave.

   You must keep the pollution in check.

Etymology 2

From Latin āve.

Noun

ave n (singular definite avet, plural indefinite ave)

1. Ave Maria

Inflection

Inflection of ave

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ave	avet	ave	avene
genitive	aves	avets	aves	avenes

Etymology 3

From Old Norse aga (“frighten, scare”).

Verb

ave (imperative av, infinitive at ave, present tense aver, past tense avede, past participle har avet)

1. discipline, check, restrain

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Esperanto

Etymology

From avo +‎ -e

Adverb

ave

1. grandfatherly (in the manner or way of a grandfather)

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Galician

Noun

ave f (plural aves)

1. bird

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Interlingua

Noun

ave (plural aves)

1. bird

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Italian

Interjection

ave

1. hail

Noun

ave f

1. plural form of ava

Anagrams

• Eva

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Latin

Etymology 1

From aveō.

Interjection

avē!

1. hail! a formal expression of greetings

   Ave atque vale.

   Hail and farewell.

   Ave Caesar!

   Hail Caesar!

Etymology 2

Noun

ave

1. vocative singular of avus

Etymology 3

Noun

ave

1. ablative singular of avis

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Portuguese

Wikipedia ^pt

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ave, from Latin avis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vɨ/

Noun

ave f (plural aves)

1. bird

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin avis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.βe/

Noun

ave f (plural aves)

1. bird
2. (Chile) fowl, poultry
3. (Spain) train From the acronym AVE (Alta Velocidad Española) meaning high speed train (written mostly all caps).

   Cogeremos el ave el día 23 por la tarde.

   We will take the train on the 23rd in the afternoon.

Usage notes

The feminine noun ave is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el ave

However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Hyponyms

• (small bird): pájaro m

Derived terms

• ave acuática (water bird)
• ave cantora (songbird)
• ave de corral (poultry)
• ave del paraíso (bird of paradise)
• avefría (lapwing)
• ave marina (sea bird)
• ave migratoria, ave de paso, ave pasajera (migratory bird)
• ave rapaz, ave de rapiña (bird of prey)
• avestruz (ostrich)
• ave zancuda (wading bird)

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Tolai

Alternative forms

• avet (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

ave

1. First-person exclusive plural pronoun: they (many) and I, them (many) and me

Declension

Tolai personal pronouns

	singular	dual	paucal	plural
1st person exclusive	iau	amir mir	amital mital	avet ave1
1st person inclusive	-	dor	datal	dat da1
2nd person	u	amur mur	amutal mutal	avat ava1
3rd person	ia i	dir di	dital	diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

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Venetian

Noun

ave f

1. plural form of ava