different between macanese vs avo

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