different between advocate vs avocat

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French advocat, from Latin advoc?tus (past participle of advoc?re (“to call for”)), a calque of Ancient Greek ?????????? (parákl?tos) (whence English paraclete). Doublet of advoke, avouch, and avow.

Pronunciation

• Noun:
  • enPR: ?d'v?-k?t, IPA^(key): /?æd.v?.k?t/
• Verb:
  • enPR: ?d'v?-k?t, IPA^(key): /?æd.v?.ke?t/

Noun

advocate (plural advocates)

1. Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel. [from 14th c.]
2. Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Richard III, First Folio 1623:

     I neuer did incense his Maiestie / Against the Duke of Clarence, but haue bin / An earnest aduocate to plead for him.

3. A person who speaks in support of something. [from 18th c.]
   • 2011, Alix Lee, The Guardian, 9 Oct 2011:

     He became a tireless advocate for the needs of adults with IMD throughout Britain and internationally.

4. A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.

   Since she started working with her advocate, she has become much more confident.

Derived terms

• devil's advocate

Related terms

• advocacy
• advocation
• advocator
• avocate

Translations

Verb

advocate (third-person singular simple present advocates, present participle advocating, simple past and past participle advocated)

1. (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
   • 7 March, 1624, Robert Sanderson, sermon at the Assizes, at Lincoln

     To advocate the cause of thy client.

   • 16 June, 1784, Edmund Burke, speech on reform of representation in the House of Commons

     This is the only thing distinct and sensible, that has been advocated.

2. (transitive) To encourage support for something.
3. (intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:advise

Related terms

• advocacy

Translations

Anagrams

• avocated

Latin

Verb

advoc?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of advoc?

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?advoket/

Noun

advocate (plural advocates)

1. barrister
2. (Aberdeen) solicitor

Verb

advocate (third-person singular present advocates, present participle advocatin, past advocatit, past participle advocatit)

1. (law) to appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session
2. (law, in higher courts) to call a case before itself for decision

References

• Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

English

Etymology

Cf. French avocat (lawyer)

Noun

avocat (plural avocats)

1. An advocate, a lawyer

References

• avocat in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “avocat”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v?.ka/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin advoc?tus. Doublet of avoué.

Noun

avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocate)

1. (law) lawyer; attorney

Derived terms

• avocat du diable

Descendants

• Turkish: avukat

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish avocado.

Noun

avocat m (plural avocats)

1. avocado

Synonyms

• poire d'avocat

Descendants

• ? Khmer: ????????? (?aavoukaa)
• ? Norman: avocat

References

Further reading

• “avocat” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ladin

Alternative forms

• aucat

Etymology

From Latin advocatus.

Noun

avocat m (plural avocac)

1. lawyer, solicitor
2. advocate

Latin

Verb

?vocat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of ?voc?

Norman

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin advoc?tus (“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 ?huacatl. 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 advoc?tus (“advocate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avu?kat/

Noun

avocat m (plural avocat)

1. lawyer

Romanian

Alternative forms

• advocat (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from French avocat, Latin advocatus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vo?kat/

Noun

avocat m (plural avoca?i, feminine equivalent avocat?)

1. (law) lawyer, attorney, barrister

Declension

Synonyms

• ap?r?tor
• procator (regional, in Transylvania)
• defensor, vechil (dated)

Derived terms

• a se face avocatul cuiva, a fi avocatul cuiva
• avoca?ial
• avoca?ional
• avoc??el
• avoc??esc

Related terms

• avocatur?

See also

• lege

References

• avocat in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)