avis

See also: Avis, avís, āvis, avīs, avìș, and 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) [ˈa.βis]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa.vis]

Noun

avis

1. plural of avi

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French avis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈviːˀs/, [æˈʋiˀs̺]

Noun

avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)

1. (journalism) newspaper

Declension

Declension of avis

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	avis	avisen	aviser	aviserne
genitive	avis'	avisens	avisers	avisernes

References

• “avis” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vi/

• Audio:

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Noun

avis m (plural avis)

1. opinion

   Synonym: opinion

2. piece of advice

   Synonym: conseil

3. notice

Derived terms

• avis de recherche
• changer d’avis
• de l’avis de
• deux avis valent mieux qu’un
• m’est avis

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “avis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• vais, visa

Friulian

Noun

avis

1. plural of ave

Latin

Etymology 1

avis (a bird)

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 Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.u̯is/, [ˈäu̯ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vis/, [ˈäːvis]

Noun

avis f (genitive avis); third declension

1. a bird

   Synonym: ales

   • c. 833, Nennius, “Vita Patricii” (chapter III), in Historia Brittonum, page 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).

	singular	plural
nominative	avis	avēs
genitive	avis	avium
dative	avī	avibus
accusative	avem	avēs avīs
ablative	ave avī	avibus
vocative	avis	avēs

The ablative singular is often avī in Ecclesiastical Latin.

Derived terms

• auca (Vulgar Latin)
• aucella／avicella
• aucellus (Late Latin)
• auceps
• aviārium
• aviārius
• avicula
• aviculārius
• avipēs

 

Descendants

• Aragonese: au
• Catalan: au
• Old Galician-Portuguese: ave
  • Galician: ave
  • Portuguese: ave
• Sardinian: ave (Nuorese), ae (Logudorese)
• Old Spanish: ave
  • Spanish: ave

See also

• passer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.u̯iːs/, [ˈäu̯iːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vis/, [ˈäːvis]

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^[1], 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): [ɐˈʋɪs]

Noun

avìs f (plural ãvys) stress pattern 4

1. sheep (female sheep and generic term)

Declension

Declension of avìs

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	avìs	ãvys
genitive (kilmininkas)	aviẽs	avių̃
dative (naudininkas)	ãviai	avìms
accusative (galininkas)	ãvį	avìs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	avimì	avimìs
locative (vietininkas)	avyjè	avysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	aviẽ	ãvys

Derived terms

terms derived from "avìs"

• avìnis
• ãvinas
• avẽlė
• avìdė
• aviniñkas
• avė́dra
• avìganis
• avìdvakas
• avìgalvis
• avìkailis
• avìkirpės
• avìtaukiai

See also

• ė́ras
• aviẽtė
• tẽkis

Northern Kurdish

Central Kurdish	ئاوس (awis)

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

Woman reading newspapers.

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

• abonnementsavis
• adresseavis
• aftenavis
• arbeideravis
• avisand
• avisanmeldelse
• avisanmelder
• avisartikkel
• avisblad
• avisblod
• avisbord
• avisbud
• avisdame
• avisdebatt
• avisdesk
• avisdistrikt
• avisdød
• aviseier
• avisfeide
• avisfilm
• avisfolk
• avisfyll
• avisføljetong
• avisgate
• avisgutt
• avishode
• avisholder
• avishus
• avishylle
• avisinnlegg
• avisjungel
• aviskampanje
• aviskiosk
• aviskjevl
• aviskjevleri
• avisklipp
• aviskone
• aviskritikk
• aviskronikk
• aviskurv
• avislapp
• avisleder
• avisleser
• avislitteratur
• avisluke
• avisløgn
• avismann
• avismappe
• avismelding
• avisnavn
• avisnotis
• avisoman
• avisomslag
• avisoppsett
• avisoppslag
• avisoverskrift
• avispapir
• avispenn
• avispoet
• avispolemikk
• avisquerelle
• avisredaksjon
• avisredaktør
• avisreferat
• avisreferent
• avisreklame
• avisreportasje
• avisrute
• avissats
• avisselger
• avissetter
• avisside
• avisskandale
• avisskriver
• avisskriveri
• fullformatavis

 

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

Bergens Tidende, 30 January 1871

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

• avisartikkel
• avispapir
• dagsavis
• filmavis
• gratisavis
• lokalavis
• nettavis
• regionavis
• tabloidavis

 

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