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Definitions and meaning of avatar

avatar

Alternative forms

• avatara (rare)
• Avator (obsolete)

Etymology

Attested 1784, borrowed from Hindustani अवतार / اوتار (avtār), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of अव (ava, “off, away, down”) and the vṛddhi-stem of the root √तॄ (√tṝ, “to cross”).

In computing use, saw some use in 1980s videos games – 1985 online role-playing game Habitat by Lucasfilm Games (today LucasArts), by Chip Morningstar and Randy Farmer, later versions of the Ultima series (following religious use in 1985 Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar), and 1989 pen and paper role-playing game Shadowrun. Popularized by the 1992 novel Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæv.əˈtɑː/, /ˈæv.ə.tɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæv.ə.tɑɹ/
• Hyphenation: av‧a‧tar
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

avatar (plural avatars)

2. (Hinduism) An incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.
4. The embodiment of an idea or concept; an instantiation, especially a personification or incarnation.
6. (computing, video games, metaverse) A complex and dynamic digital representation of a person or being in the form of a digital model, used online as a simulation or emulation of a person, or as a person's online alter ego, in a virtual world, virtual chat room, or metaverse.
8. (computing, video games) A simple and static or nearly static digital representation of a person or being in the form of a small digital object, used online as a simulacrum or token of a person or that person's online alter ego, in any digital environment but especially in non-virtual, non-metaversal ones.

   Hyponyms: profile picture, user pic

   Coordinate term: icon

Derived terms

• avataric
• brand avatar

Descendants

• → Japanese: アバター

Translations

See also

• Category:Avatar on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from Sanskrit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈtar]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.vəˈtar]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.vaˈtar]

Noun

avatar m (plural avatars)

1. (religion) avatar
2. (computer games) avatar

Anagrams

• avarat, tarava

Finnish

Etymology

From English avatar, from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋɑtɑr/, [ˈɑ̝ʋɑ̝t̪ɑ̝r]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋɑtɑr
• Syllabification^(key): a‧va‧tar

Noun

avatar

1. avatar (earthly incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu)
2. (rare) avatar (physical embodiment of an idea or concept)

   Synonym: ruumiillistuma

3. (rare) avatar (digital representation of a person or being)

   Synonyms: hahmo, virtuaalihahmo

Declension

Further reading

• “avatar”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

From Hindustani अवतार / اوتار (avtār), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of अव (ava, “off, away, down”) and the vṛddhi-stem of the root तरति (√tṝ, “to cross”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.va.taʁ/
• Homophone: avatars
• Hyphenation: ava‧tar

Noun

avatar m (plural avatars)

1. (Hinduism) avatar
2. (computing) avatar

Further reading

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English avatar, from Hindustani अवतार / اوتار (avtār), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of अव (ava, “off, away, down”) and the vṛddhi-stem of the root तरति (√tṝ, “to cross”). Doublet of awatara.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /avatar/
• Hyphenation: ava‧tar

Noun

avatar

1. avatar,
   1. (Hinduism) the incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.

      Synonym: awatara

   2. (computing) a digital representation of a person or being; often, it can take on any of various forms, as a participant chooses. e.g. 3D, animated, photo, sketch of a person or a person's alter ego, sometimes used in a virtual world or virtual chat room.

Further reading

• “avatar” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Alternative forms

• avatara

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English avatar.

Noun

avatar m (invariable)

1. avatar (all senses)

Anagrams

• tarava, varata

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French avatar, from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”). The computing sense comes from English.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧va‧tar

Noun

avatar m (plural avatares)

2. (Hinduism) avatar
4. (computing, video games) avatar

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avatar.

Noun

avatar n (plural avataruri)

1. avatar

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʋǎtaːr/
• Hyphenation: a‧va‧tar

Noun

avàtār m (Cyrillic spelling ава̀та̄р)

1. avatar

Declension

Spanish

Alternative forms

• avatara

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈtaɾ/ [a.β̞aˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧va‧tar

Noun

avatar m (plural avatares)

1. avatar
2. (in the plural) vicissitudes, ups and downs

Further reading

• “avatar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org