avena

See also: Avena

Italian

Etymology

From Latin avēna.

Noun

avena f (plural avene)

1. oats

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Latin

Etymology

Probably a non-Indo-European substrate word. Cognate with Lithuanian aviža, Latvian auzas, and Proto-Slavic *ovьsъ.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈu̯eː.na/, [äˈu̯eːnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈve.na/, [äˈvɛːnä]

Noun

avēna f (genitive avēnae); first declension

1. oats
2. wild oats
3. straw
4. A shepherd's pipe

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	avēna	avēnae
Genitive	avēnae	avēnārum
Dative	avēnae	avēnīs
Accusative	avēnam	avēnās
Ablative	avēnā	avēnīs
Vocative	avēna	avēnae

Derived terms

• avēnāceus
• avēnārius

Descendants

• Bourguignon: aivoigne
• Champaignat: avène, avouène
• Dalmatian: vun
• French: avoine
• Friulian: vene
• Galician: avea
• Italian: avena
• Norman: avaine
• Picard: avin·ne

• Portuguese: aveia
• Romansch: avaina, avagna
• Sardinian: aena, avena, auena, ena
• Sicilian: aina, avina
• Spanish: avena
• Venetian: véna
• Walloon: avoenne

References

• “avena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “avena”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• avena in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• avena in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin avēna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbena/ [aˈβ̞e.na]

Noun

avena f (plural avenas)

1. oat
2. oats
3. oatmeal porridge

Derived terms

• avena loca

Further reading

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