avis

English

Etymology

From Middle English avys, from Old French avis.

Noun

avis

1. (obsolete) advice; opinion; deliberation.

Anagrams

• IVAs, Siva, VISA, Vias, Visa, vias, visa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Noun

avis

1. plural of avi

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French avis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈviːˀs/,

Noun

avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)

1. (journalism) newspaper

Declension

References

• “avis” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French avis, from vis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vi/

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Noun

avis m (plural avis)

1. opinion

   Synonym: opinion

2. piece of advice

   Synonym: conseil

3. notice

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Norwegian Bokmål: advis
• → Norwegian Bokmål: avis
  • → Kven: aviisi

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vais, visa

Friulian

Noun

avis

1. plural of ave

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Aves

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós), and Sanskrit वि (ví), and Albanian vito (“woodpidgeon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.u̯is/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vis/,

Noun

avis f (genitive avis); third declension

1. a bird
   • ca. 833 — Nennius, Historia Brittonum, III, 54

     et vēnērunt ad eum avēs multī colōris innumerābilēs

     and came to him countless birds of many colors

2. (figuratively) omen, portent

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).

The ablative singular is often avī in Ecclesiastical Latin.

Synonyms

• (a bird): ales

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

• passer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.u̯iːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vis/,

Noun

avīs

1. dative/ablative plural of avus

References

• “avis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “avis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• avis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• avis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)
    

Latvian

Noun

avis f

1. nominative/vocative/accusative plural of avs

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

avìs f (plural ãvys) stress pattern 4

1. sheep (female sheep and generic term)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• ė́ras
• aviẽtė
• tẽkis

Northern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• avîs

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *āpuθra- (“pregnant”), from *puθráh (“son”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás (“boy; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *putlós. Cognate with Persian آبستن (âbestan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈvɪs/

Adjective

avis (not comparable, Arabic spelling ئاڤس)

1. pregnant (of animals only; taboo for humans)

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “avis”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 19

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈaviːs/

Noun

avis

1. locative singular of avvi

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:

avis

Wikipedia ^nb

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈʋiːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs
• Hyphenation: av‧is

Etymology 1

From French avis (“opinion, notice; piece of advise”), from Middle French advis (“opinion”), from Old French avis (“opinion”), from the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin vīsum (“vision, image”). Doublet of advis.

Cognate with Danish avis, Italian avviso, Middle English avys and English avis.

Noun

avis f or m (definite singular avisa or avisen, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)

1. (journalism) a newspaper (a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles)

   Synonyms: avisblad, blad, tidende, tidning

   ikke et ord i avisen ― keep something secret

   • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 242:

     du mener nok ikke, vi holder aviser

     you probably do not mean, we keep newspapers

   • 1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 60:

     der vil blive skrevet korrespondencer i aviserne i nabobyerne

     correspondence will be written in the newspapers of the neighboring towns

   • 1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 124:

     generalen sad … og læste aviserne

     the general sat… and read the newspapers

   • 1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 202:

     hun har nemlig havt en historie og har staaet i aviserne nylig

     she has had a story and has been in the newspapers recently

   • 1993, Knut Faldbakken, Ormens år, page 19:

     jeg abonnerer på åtte aviserjeg abonnerer på åtte aviser

     I subscribe to eight newspapers

   • 1995, Ebba Haslund, I mangel av sverd, page 181:

     bunker med illegale aviser

     piles of illegal newspapers

   • 2001, Lars Saabye Christensen, Halvbroren, page 216:

     hun hadde gått for å hente avisen

     she had gone to get the newspaper

   • 1934 October 9, Folkeviljen, page 3:

     et gammelt munnheld sier «ikke et ord i avisen» om noe som skal være topphemmelig

     an old saying goes "not a word in the newspaper" about something that should be top secret

   • 1935 September 17, Folkebladet, page 4:

     foreløbig må avisene ikke vite noe om dette. Altså ikke et ord i avisen om at vi følger et nytt spor

     for the time being, the newspapers must not know anything about this. In other words, not a word in the newspaper that we are following a new path

2. (media) a financial enterprise that consists of publishing a newspaper; newspaper agency

   hun er ansatt i en avis

   she is employed by a newspaper

3. (business) an office where the newspaper editorial office is located

   han gikk ned i avisen for å snakke med redaktøren

   he went down to the newspaper to talk to the editor

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Kven: aviisi

Etymology 2

Verb

avis

1. imperative of avise

References

• “avis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “avis” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “avis” in Store norske leksikon

Anagrams

• avsi, siva, svai, visa

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

avis

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

Borrowed from French avis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑʋiːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

avis f (definite singular avisa, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)

1. a newspaper

Derived terms

References

• “avis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin visum (“vision, image”).

Noun

avis oblique singular, m (oblique plural avis, nominative singular avis, nominative plural avis)

1. opinion

Synonyms

• vis (more common)
• opinion

Descendants

• Middle French: advis
  • French: avis
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: advis
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: avis
      • → Kven: aviisi
• → Italian: avviso
• → Middle English: avys, avis, avice, awise, advis, advice
  • English: avis, advice
  • Scots: adveece

Swedish

Etymology 1

Clipping of avundsjuk (“jealous”) +‎ -is.

Adjective

avis (comparative mer avis, superlative mest avis)

1. (colloquial) jelly, jealous

Declension

Invariable, not used in the definite form.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

avis

1. indefinite genitive singular of avi

Anagrams

• visa