different between avantgarde vs vanguard

English

Noun

avantgarde (plural avantgardes)

1. Alternative form of avant-garde

Adjective

avantgarde (comparative more avantgarde, superlative most avantgarde)

1. Alternative form of avant-garde

Danish

Etymology

From French avant-garde.

Noun

avantgarde c (singular definite avantgarden, plural indefinite avantgarder)

1. avantgarde, avant-garde

Inflection

Further reading

• “avantgarde” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French avant-garde.

Noun

avantgarde m (definite singular avantgarden, indefinite plural avantgarder, definite plural avantgardene)

1. avant-garde, vanguard

References

• “avantgarde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “avantgarde” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French avant-garde.

Noun

avantgarde m (definite singular avantgarden, indefinite plural avantgardar, definite plural avantgardane)

1. avant-garde, vanguard

References

• “avantgarde” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

Earlier forms included vandgard and (a)vantgard, derived from Old French avan(t)garde (“before guard”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?væn????d/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?van????d/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?v?n????d/

Noun

vanguard (plural vanguards)

1. (military) The leading units at the front of an army or fleet.

   Synonyms: advance guard, (obsolete) avant-garde

   Antonym: rearguard
2. (by extension) The person(s) at the forefront of any group or movement.

   Synonym: avant-garde

Related terms

• avant-garde

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