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All 3 letters words made out of avo

avo vao aov oav voa ova

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Definitions and meaning of avo

avo

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːvəʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈævəʉ/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɑːvəʊ

Etymology 1

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Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.

Etymology 2

Clipping of avocado.

Noun

avo (plural avos)

1. (informal, Australia, South Africa) Clipping of avocado.

Anagrams

• OAV, OVA, VOA, ova

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *habəl (“weave cloth”).

Verb

avo

1. to weave

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈavo]
• Audio:
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: a‧vo

Noun

avo (accusative singular avon, plural avoj, accusative plural avojn)

1. grandfather

   Mia avo estas la patro de mia patro. ― My grandfather is the father of my father.

2. (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) old man

Derived terms

• Avo Frosto

Related terms

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑ̝ʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋo
• Syllabification^(key): a‧vo

Noun

avo

1. Abbreviation of avokysymys.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “avo”, 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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto avo (“grandfather, grandparent”), Italian avo, Spanish abuelo and French aïeul, from Latin avus (“grandfather, ancestor, old man”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewh₂yos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈavo/

Noun

avo (plural avi)

1. grandparent

Derived terms

Ingrian

Etymology

Akin to Finnish avo.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑʋo̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑʋo/, [ˈɑʋo̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑʋo
• Hyphenation: a‧vo

Noun

avo

1. (in compounds) openness

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 24

Italian

Etymology

From Latin avus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os. Compare Portuguese avô (“grandfather”) and avó (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.vo/
• Rhymes: -avo
• Hyphenation: à‧vo

Noun

avo m (plural avi, feminine ava)

1. ancestor, forefather

   Synonyms: antenato, ascendente

Derived terms

• avito
• bisavo
• trisavo

Anagrams

• ova

Ivatan

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Yami avo.

Noun

avo

1. ash

Latin

Noun

avō

1. dative/ablative singular of avus

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *abaw; cognate with Javanese ambo.

Adjective

avo

1. high
2. lofty, eminent

Portuguese

Etymology

From the ending of [oit]avo.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -avu, (Northern Portugal) -abu
• Hyphenation: a‧vo

Noun

avo m (plural avos)

1. one of fractions/equal parts of a unit divided in more than 10 equal parts

References

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *qabu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(q)abu(s), from Proto-Austronesian *qabu. Cognate with Ivatan avo.

Noun

avo

1. ash

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