avant

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See also: Avant, avànt, avânt, and avant-

English

Etymology

Abbreviated from avant-garde.

Noun

avant (plural avants)

(obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard.

Related terms

van

See also

References

“avant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avant”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

avant

forward, ahead, onward
Synonym: endavant

Antonym: endarrere

Derived terms

Related terms

abans

Further reading

“avant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“avant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“avant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“avant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French avant, from Old French avant (“before, prior in time, forward”), from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.vɑ̃/
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Homophones: avants, avent, Avent

Adverb

avant

beforehand; earlier
Je l’avais fait avant. ― I had done it beforehand.

Preposition

avant

before (in time)
Antonym: après

Elle est arrivé un jour avant moi. ― She arrived one day before me.

Il faut se laver avant de manger. ― You must wash before eating.

Tais-toi avant que je ne te tue. ― Shut up before I kill you.
before (in space), in front of, ahead of
Antonym: après

Derived terms

Related terms

avancer

Descendants

Haitian Creole: anvan

Noun

avant m (plural avants)

front
l’avant d’une voiture ― The front of a car.
(sports) forward

Further reading

“avant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

vanta

Norman

Etymology

From Old French avant, from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).

Adverb

avant

(Jersey) beforehand; earlier

Preposition

avant

(Jersey) before

Derived terms

avant-hièr (“day before yesterday”)

Noun

avant m (plural avants)

(Jersey, nautical) bow

Derived terms

gaillard d'avant (“forecastle”)
mât d'avant (“foremast”)
vaile d'avant (“foresail”)

Old French

Alternative forms

avaunt

Etymology

From Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).

Adverb

avant

beforehand; earlier

Preposition

avant

before

Related terms

avancier

Descendants

French: avant
Norman: avant
→ Middle English: avaunt

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante.

Preposition

avant

(Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) before, beforehand
(Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) ago

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