avis

See also: Avis, avís, āvis, avīs, avìș, and avis'

English

Etymology

From Middle English avys, from Old French avis.

Noun

avis

(obsolete) advice; opinion; deliberation.

Anagrams

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vis/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈa.bis/

Noun

avis

plural of avi

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French avis.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈviːˀs/, [æˈʋiˀs̺]

Noun

avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)

(journalism) newspaper

Declension

Declension of avis

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

References

“avis” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.vi/
audio (file)

Noun

avis m (plural avis)

opinion
Synonym: opinion
piece of advice
Synonym: conseil
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

Anagrams

vais, visa

Friulian

Noun

avis

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) IPA^(key): /ˈa.u̯is/, [ˈäu̯ɪs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vis/, [ˈäːvis]
Audio (Classical) (file)

Noun

avis f (genitive avis); third declension

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
(figuratively) omen, portent

Declension

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

Case	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.

Synonyms

(a bird): ales

Derived terms

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

Descendants

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.u̯iːs/, [ˈäu̯iːs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.vis/, [ˈäːvis]

Noun

avīs

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

nominative plural form of avs
vocative plural form of avs
accusative plural form 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

sheep (female sheep and generic term)

Declension

declension of avis

	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

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈaviːs/

Noun

avis

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)

(journalism) a newspaper (a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles)
- 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
ikke et ord i avisen ― keep something secret
Synonyms: avisblad, blad, tidende, tidning
(media) a financial enterprise that consists of publishing a newspaper; newspaper agency
hun er ansatt i en avis
she is employed by a newspaper
(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

Verb

avis

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)

a newspaper

Derived terms

Terms derived from avis

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

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)

(colloquial) jelly, jealous

Declension

Invariable, not used in the definite form.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

avis

indefinite genitive singular of avi.

Anagrams

visa

avis

English

Etymology

Noun

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Friulian

Noun

Latin

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Latvian

Noun

Lithuanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Noun

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

References

Old French

Etymology

Noun

Synonyms

Descendants

Swedish

Etymology 1

Adjective

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

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