aval

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from French aval.

Noun

aval (plural avals)

  1. (finance, law) A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
Translations

References

  • aval, in Investopedia.

Etymology 2

From Latin avus (grandfather).

Adjective

aval (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.
    • 1973, Wilfred T. Neill, Twentieth-Century Indonesia, Columbia University Press, published 1973, →ISBN, page 299:
      Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother [] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort.
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Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Pronunciation

Noun

aval m

  1. apple

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French aval.

Pronunciation

Noun

aval m (plural avals)

  1. endorsement

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Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

Pronunciation

  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key):
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key):

Noun

aval m (plural avalow or avallow)

  1. apple

Derived terms

Estonian

Noun

aval

  1. adessive singular of ava

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.val/
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From à + val.

Noun

aval m (uncountable)

  1. downstream area, lower reaches (of river)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Probably an abbreviation of à valoir.

Noun

aval m (plural avals)

  1. approval, endorsement
Descendants
  • Catalan: aval
  • English: aval
  • Galician: aval
  • Italian: avallo
  • Portuguese: aval
  • Spanish: aval
  • Thai: อาวัล (aa-wan)
  • Turkish: aval

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Occitan

Etymology

a +‎ val

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adverb

aval

  1. down
    Antonym: amont

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French aval.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: a‧val

Noun

aval m (plural avais)

  1. permit (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal)
    Synonyms: permissão, autorização, licença
  2. (figurative) authorization, approval

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aval.

Noun

aval n (uncountable)

  1. downstream

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aval.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈbal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: a‧val

Noun

aval m (plural avales)

  1. endorsement
  2. countersignature
  3. guarantee

Derived terms

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