aviné

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See also: avine

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.vi.ne/
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Participle

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aviné (feminine avinée, masculine plural avinés, feminine plural avinées)

  1. past participle of aviner

Adjective

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aviné (feminine avinée, masculine plural avinés, feminine plural avinées) (literary)

  1. inebriated
  2. (by extension) drunken, of a drunk person
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      Et leur haleine avinée quand ils me parlaient et couvraient mon visage de postillons, comme peuvent le faire des hommes ivres, []
      And the smell of drink on their breath when they spoke to me and covered my face in spittle, as drunk men often do []

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