davant

Catalan

Etymology

From de +‎ avant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [dəˈβan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəˈvant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [daˈvant]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [daˈβan]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adverb

davant

1. ahead; in front

   Antonym: darrere

Derived terms

• capdavant
• davanter
• endavant

Preposition

davant

1. ahead of; in front of

Noun

davant m (plural davants)

1. front

Derived terms

• davantal

Further reading

• “davant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “davant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “davant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “davant”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Middle French

Alternative forms

• devant

Etymology

d' +‎ avant

Preposition

davant

1. before; in front of

Adverb

davant

1. before; in front of

Descendants

• French: devant

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin de ab ante. Cognate with French devant, Catalan davant, Italian davanti.

Pronunciation

• (Limousin) IPA^(key): /davɑ̃/
• IPA^(key): /daˈβan/
• (Niçard) IPA^(key): [da.ˈvãŋ]

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Preposition

davant

1. before; in front of

Synonyms

• derant (Vivaro-Alpine)

Adverb

davant

1. before; in front of

Coordinate terms

• darrier (“behind”)