avocat

English

Etymology

From French avocat (lawyer).

Noun

avocat (plural avocats)

1. An advocate, a lawyer

References

• “avocat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avocat”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɔ.ka/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French avocat (12th c.), a borrowing from Latin advocātus. Doublet of avoué, which may be inherited or an earlier borrowing.

Noun

avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocate)

1. (law) lawyer, attorney

Derived terms

• avocaillon
• avocasser
• avocasserie
• avocat du diable

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: آووقات (avokat)
  • Turkish: avukat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish avocado.

Noun

avocat m (plural avocats)

1. avocado

   Synonym: poire d'avocat

Descendants

• → Khmer: អាវ៉ូកាត៍ (ʼaavoukaa)
• → Norman: avocat

Further reading

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

Ladin

Alternative forms

• aucat

Etymology

From Latin advocatus.

Noun

avocat m (plural avocac)

1. lawyer, solicitor
2. advocate

Latin

Verb

āvocat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of āvocō

Norman

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin advocātus (“advocate”).

Noun

avocat m (plural avocats)

1. (Jersey) advocate
2. (Jersey, law) barrister

Synonyms

• homme d'affaithes

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French avocat, from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).

Noun

avocat m (plural avocats)

1. (Jersey) avocado

Derived terms

• avocatchi (“avocado tree”)

Occitan

Etymology 1

From Latin advocatus.

Noun

avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocata, feminine plural avocatas)

1. lawyer, attorney

Etymology 2

From Spanish avocado.

Noun

avocat m (plural avocats)

1. avocado

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin advocātus (“advocate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avuˈkat/

Noun

avocat m (plural avocat)

1. lawyer

Romanian

Alternative forms

• advocat — rare
• авокат (avocat) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from French avocat, Latin advocatus. Compare Aromanian avucat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.voˈkat/
• Rhymes: -at
• Hyphenation: a‧vo‧cat

Noun

avocat m (plural avocați, feminine equivalent avocată or avocăteasă)

1. (law) lawyer, attorney, barrister

   Synonym: apărător

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	avocat	ul		avocați	avocații
genitive-dative	avocat	ului		avocați	avocaților
vocative	ule			avocaților

Synonyms

• procator (regional, in Transylvania)
• defensor, vechil (dated)

Derived terms

• a se face avocatul cuiva, a fi avocatul cuiva
• avocațial
• avocațional
• avocățel
• avocățesc

Related terms

• avocatură

See also

• lege

References

• “avocat”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025