different between avo vs ava

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???v??/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æv??/

Etymology 1

Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.

Etymology 2

Clipping of avocado.

Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. (informal, Australia) Clipping of avocado.
   • 2007, Ken Albertsen, Farmsteading in Thailand (page 68)

     Given the challenges of trying to propagate avocados, one might wonder why we don't simply get hold of seeds and/or nursery starts and go that route – especially since avos tend to grow somewhat 'true to seed.'

Anagrams

• OAV, OVA, VOA, ova

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwh?os.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?avo/
• Rhymes: -avo

Noun

avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)

1. grandfather

2. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) old man

Derived terms

• Avo Frosto

Related terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???o/, [???o?]
• Rhymes: -??o
• Syllabification: a?vo

Noun

avo

1. Abbreviation of avokysymys.

Declension

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ewh?yos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?avo/

Noun

avo (plural avi)

1. grandparent

Derived terms

Italian

Etymology

From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h?éwh?os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo

Noun

avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)

1. ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: antenato, ascendente

Derived terms

• avito

Latin

Noun

av?

1. dative singular of avus
2. ablative singular of avus

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.

Adjective

avo 

1. high
2. lofty, eminent

Portuguese

Etymology

From the ending of [oit]avo.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?a.vu/
• Hyphenation: a?vo
• Rhymes: -avu

Noun

avo m (plural avos)

1. one of fractions/equal parts of an unit divided in more than 10 equal parts.

References

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??.v?/
• Rhymes: -??v?

Noun

ava (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of kava

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   • 1891, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Bottle Imp

     […] the schooners plying up the coast for wood and ava and bananas.

Anagrams

• AAV

Estonian

Etymology

Derived from avama (“to open”).

Noun

ava (genitive ava, partitive ava)

1. hole, opening

Inflection

Derived terms

• avamäng

Related terms

• avatud
• avaus
• avar

Verb

ava

1. Second-person singular imperative form of avama.

Guaraní

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.??a/

Noun

ava

1. man, human
2. person
3. people

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ava.

Noun

ava f (plural ave)

1. female equivalent of avo (“ancestor”)

Latin

Etymology

Cf. avia. From the feminine of avus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.u?a/, [?äu?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.va/, [???v?]

Noun

ava f (genitive avae); first declension

1. grandmother
2. old wives' tale

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Friulian: ave
• Sardinian: aba
• Italian: ava

References

• ava in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ava in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ava in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Interjection

ava

1. (Internet slang) Alternative form of ah, vá

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) aua
• (Puter) ova

Etymology

From Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ek?eh?.

Noun

ava f

1. (Surmiran) water

Derived terms

• ava da bever
• ava minerala
• ava dalla spegna

Samoan

Noun

ava

1. passage through a coral reef for boats

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??v??], [??v??], [??va?]

Adverb

ava (not comparable)

1. at all
2. without stopping
3. of all

Derived terms

• no ava

Spanish

Noun

ava m or f (plural ava)

1. Ava (denomination of Guaraní)

Swedish

Etymology

Short for avannonsera

Verb

ava (present avar, preterite avade, supine avat, imperative ava)

1. (radio, slang) to announce a song or radio program at its end

Conjugation

Antonyms

• påa

Tolai

Alternative forms

• avat (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

ava

1. Second-person plural pronoun: you (many)

Declension

Turkish

Noun

ava

1. dative singular of av

Venetian

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin apis.

Noun

ava f (plural ave)

1. bee