aven
See also: Aven, avén, and även
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French aven.
Noun
aven (plural avens)
- A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
- A pothole.
Translations
a vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage
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See also
- domepit
References
- Northern Caves, Vols 1-5. Dalesman Publishing, UK. passim
Anagrams
- Evan, Nave, Neva, Vena, nave, neva, vane
Breton
Alternative forms
- avon
Etymology
From Middle Breton avon, from Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ven/
Noun
aven f (plural avenioù)
- (archaic) river
French
aven
Etymology
From Occitan avenc, from Gaulish *abonā (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). Compare Breton aven, avon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vɛn/
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Noun
aven m (plural avens)
- (geology, caving) pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts)
- Synonyms: gouffre, igue
- (geology) sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK)
Further reading
aven on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr- “aven”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polabian
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German even.
Adverb
aven
- just
References
- Tadeusz Lehr-Spławiński; Kazimierz Polański (1962), “aven”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological dictionary of the Polabian Drevani language] (in Polish), volume 1: A — Ďüzd, Wrocław – Warszawa – Kraków: Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich, page 21
- Kazimierz Polański; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “aven”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
- Reinhold Olesch (1962), “Awen”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volume 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 9
Romanian
Noun
aven n (plural avene)
- Alternative form of avenă
Declension
Declension of aven
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) aven | avenul | (niște) avene | avenele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) aven | avenului | (unor) avene | avenelor |
| vocative | avenule | avenelor | ||
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English oven.
Noun
aven
- oven