different between aven vs maven

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aven.

Noun

aven (plural avens)

1. A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
2. A pothole.

See also

• domepit

References

• Northern Caves, Vols 1-5. Dalesman Publishing, UK. passim

Anagrams

• Evan, Nave, Neva, Vena, nave, neva, vane

Breton

Etymology

From Middle Breton avon, from Proto-Brythonic *a?on (“river”).

Alternative forms

• avon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.ven/

Noun

aven f (plural avenioù)

1. (archaic) river

French

Etymology

From Occitan avenc, from Gaulish *abon? (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *ab? (“river”). Compare Breton aven, avon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v?n/

Noun

aven m (plural avens)

1. (geology, caving) pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts)

   Synonyms: gouffre, igue

2. (geology) sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK)

Further reading

• aven on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “aven” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English oven.

Noun

aven

1. oven

English

Etymology

From Yiddish ?????? (meyvn, “expert, connoisseur, know-it-all”), from Hebrew ??????? (mevín, “one who understands, connoisseur, expert”), from ??????? (hevín, “to understand”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?v?n, IPA^(key): /?me?v?n/
• Rhymes: -e?v?n

Noun

maven (plural mavens)

1. (chiefly US) An expert in a given field.
   • 2002, Joseph H. Boyett, Jimmie T. Boyett, The Guru Guide to Marketing, page 207,

     Connectors know people—lots of people. Mavens know about things. They know, or find out first, what is going on. Connectors, says Gladwell, need mavens to tell them what to buzz about.

   • 2006 January 23, Virginia Robbins, Opinion: Eight Steps to Leadership, Computerworld, page 19,

     Besides an executive sponsor, you need to find a technology maven, someone within the company who understands the new technology. A maven, as defined in Malcolm Gladwell?s The Tipping Point, is a person who has both information and the social skills to pass it along. The challenge in a situation such as this one is that the maven might be outside of IT.

   • 2010, Rachel Davis Mersey, Can Journalism Be Saved?: Rediscovering America's Appetite for News, page 118,

     The goal for any media company is to be a maven—and therefore highly adept at using multiple channels of social media communication well.

Translations

Danish

Noun

maven c

1. definite singular of mave