Finnish

Noun

avec

1. vis-à-vis, date, company

Declension

French

Etymology

From Middle French avec, avecques ‎(“with”), from Old French avoc, avoec, avuec ‎(“with”), from an assumed Late Latin *aboc, *abhoc, *apud hŏque^[1][2], a Frankish alteration consisting of Latin apud ‎(“with, near, close to”) with hoc ‎(“this”) and -que. First used as a replacement for Latin cum ‎(“with”) in Merovingian and Carolingian (Frankish) documents. Gradually supplanted Old French od ‎(“with”), itself from apud.^[2] Cognate with Picard aveuc, Norman aveu, Walloon avou and Franco-Provençal: avouéc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avɛk/

Preposition

avec

1. (accompaniment) with

   Je suis revenu avec lui.‎

   I have returned with him.

2. (manner, instrument) with

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: avèk
• Portuguese: avec

References

1. ↑ "Brachet, An etymological dictionary of the French language, avec.
2. 1 2 http://www.cnrtl.fr/etymologie/avec

See also

• reste avec

Anagrams

• cave

Middle French

Preposition

avec

1. Alternative form of avecques

Norman

Etymology

From Old French avoc, avoec, avuec ‎(“with”) (compare French avec).

Preposition

avec

1. (Jersey) with

Portuguese

Etymology

From French avec ‎(“with”).

Noun

avec m f (plural avecs)

1. (Portugal, slang, derogatory, chiefly in the plural) a Portuguese immigrant in France

See also

• afrancesado
• francês