different between avens vs avers

English

Etymology

From Middle English avence, from Anglo-Norman avance, Old French avence, from Medieval Latin avencia (“a kind of clover”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æv?nz/

Noun

avens (plural avens)

1. A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
2. A plant of the genus Dryas.

Synonyms

• cloveroot

Translations

References

• avens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Evans, Naves, Sevan, Venas, naves, vanes

French

Noun

avens

1. plural of aven

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *awents, present participle of ave?

Participle

av?ns (genitive aventis, adverb aventer); third-declension one-termination participle

1. craving

Declension

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• avens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

English

Verb

avers

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aver

Anagrams

• AVREs, Raves, raves, sarve, saver, vares, veras

French

Etymology

From Latin adversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.v??/

Noun

avers m (plural avers)

1. (numismatics) obverse

   Synonym: face

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French avers.

Noun

avers n (uncountable)

1. obverse

Declension