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5-letter words (1 found)

AVANT,

4-letter words (4 found)

ANTA,TANA,TAVA,VANT,

3-letter words (9 found)

ANA,ANT,AVA,NAT,NAV,TAN,TAV,VAN,VAT,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AN,AT,NA,TA,

You can make 19 words from avant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of avant

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Definitions and meaning of avant

avant

Etymology

Abbreviated from avant-garde.

Noun

avant (plural avants)

  1. (obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard.

Related terms

  • van

See also

References

  • “avant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avant”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əˈβan]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈvant]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [aˈvant]

Adverb

avant

  1. forward, ahead, onward
    Synonym: endavant
    Antonym: endarrere

Derived terms

Related terms

  • abans

Further reading

  • “avant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “avant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “avant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “avant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French avant, from Old French avant (“before, prior in time, forward”), from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃/
  • Homophones: avants, avent, Avent

Adverb

avant

  1. beforehand; earlier
    Je l’avais fait avant. ― I had done it beforehand.

Preposition

avant

  1. before (in time)
    Antonym: après
    Elle est arrivé un jour avant moi. ― She arrived one day before me.
    Il faut se laver avant de manger. ― You must wash before eating.
    Tais-toi avant que je ne te tue. ― Shut up before I kill you.
  2. before (in space), in front of, ahead of
    Antonym: après

Derived terms

Related terms

  • avancer

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: anvan

Noun

avant m (plural avants)

  1. front
    l’avant d’une voiture ― The front of a car.
  2. (sports) forward

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • vanta

Norman

Etymology

From Old French avant, from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).

Adverb

avant

  1. (Jersey) beforehand; earlier

Preposition

avant

  1. (Jersey) before

Derived terms

  • avant-hièr (“day before yesterday”)

Noun

avant m (plural avants)

  1. (Jersey, nautical) bow

Derived terms

Old French

Alternative forms

  • avaunt

Etymology

From Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”).

Adverb

avant

  1. beforehand; earlier

Preposition

avant

  1. before

Related terms

  • avancier

Descendants

  • French: avant
  • Norman: avant
  • → Middle English: avaunt

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • avon (Sursilvan)
  • avànt (Sutsilvan)
  • aunz, avaunt (Puter)

Etymology

From Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante.

Preposition

avant

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) before, beforehand
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) ago

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