English

Proper noun

Avis

1. A particular car rental company

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈviʃ/

Proper noun

Avis f

1. A village and municipality in Portalegre, Portugal.

Related terms

• avisense

English

Noun

avis

1. (obsolete) advice; opinion; deliberation.

Anagrams

• Siva
• vias
• visa, Visa

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from French avis

Noun

avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)

1. (journalism) newspaper

Declension

References

• “avis” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vi/

Noun

avis m ‎(plural avis)

1. opinion
2. piece of advice
3. notice

Synonyms

• (opinion): opinion
• (piece of advice): conseil

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).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.wis/, [ˈa.wɪs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vis/, [ˈaː.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

Inflection

Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

The ablative singular is often avī in Ecclesiastical Latin.

Synonyms

• (a bird): ales

Related terms

Derived terms

• aucellus (Late Latin) (see for further Romance descendants)

Descendants

See also

• passer

Etymology 2

Inflected form of avus ‎(“grandfather”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.wiːs/

Noun

avīs

1. dative plural of avus
2. 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “avis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addī**** alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)
    

Latvian

Noun

avis f

1. nominative plural form of avs
2. vocative plural form of avs
3. accusative plural form of avs

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis, *h₃éwis. Cognate with Latvian avs, Old Church Slavonic овьца ‎(ovĭca).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɐˈʋɪs]

Noun

avìs f ‎(plural ãvys) stress pattern 4

1. sheep (female sheep and generic term)

Declension

Derived terms

See also

• ė́ras
• aviẽtė
• tẽkis

Northern Sami

Noun

avis

1. locative singular of avvi

Norwegian Bokmål

Aili Keskitalo med samiske aviser (Sami newspapers)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑʋiːs/
• Rhymes: -iːs

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French avis.

Noun

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

1. a newspaper

Derived terms

• avisartikkel
• avispapir
• dagsavis
• lokalavis

Etymology 2

Verb

avis

1. imperative of avise

References

• “avis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Bergens Tidende, 30 January 1871

Etymology

Borrowing 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
• lokalavis

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

1. opinion

Synonyms

• vis (more common)
• opinion

Descendants

• Italian: avviso
• Middle English: avys
  • English: avis
• Middle French: advis
  • French: avis

Swedish

Etymology

From avundsjuk ‎(“jealous”) + -is

Adjective

avis (comparative mer avis, superlative mest avis)

1. (colloquial) jealous