avocat
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French avocat (lawyer)
Noun[edit]
avocat (plural avocats)
References[edit]
- “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[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Old French avocat (12th c.), a borrowing from Latin advocātus. Doublet of avoué, which may be inherited or an earlier borrowing.
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocate)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish avocado.[1]
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats)
- avocado
- Synonym: poire d’avocat
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “avocat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading[edit]
- “avocat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ladin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocac)
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
āvocat
Norman[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin advocātus (“advocate”).
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats)
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from French avocat, from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats)
Derived terms[edit]
- avocatchi (“avocado tree”)
Occitan[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocata, feminine plural avocatas)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocats)
Piedmontese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin advocātus (“advocate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocat)
Romanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- advocat — rare
- авокат (avocat) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French avocat, Latin advocatus. Compare Aromanian avucat.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
avocat m (plural avocați, feminine equivalent avocată)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) avocat | ul | (niște) avocați | avocații |
genitive/dative | (unui) avocat | ului | (unor) avocați | avocaților |
vocative | ule | avocaților |
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- avocat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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- fr:Law
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- fr:Legal occupations
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- nrf:Law
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- oc:Occupations
- oc:Law
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- Rhymes:Romanian/at
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- ro:Law
- ro:Occupations