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avocat

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)

avocat From the web:



avocet

English

Alternative forms

  • avoset

Etymology

From French avocette, from Italian avocetta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æv?s?t/

Noun

avocet (plural avocets)

  1. Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.

Derived terms

  • American avocet, Recurvirostra americana
  • Andean avocet, Recurvirostra andina
  • pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
  • red-necked avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Descendants

  • ? Irish: abhóiséad

Translations

See also

  • stilt

Further reading

  • avocet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • octave, vocate

Latin

Verb

?vocet

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

avocet From the web:

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