"Avent" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: Avents [plural], Avant [alternative], Avants [alternative]
Etymology: Perhaps a reduced form of the Anglo-Norman personal name or nickname Avenant, from Old French avenant (“fitting, apt; beautiful”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|avenant||fitting, apt; beautiful}} Old French avenant (“fitting, apt; beautiful”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Avent (plural Avents)
  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.

Noun [French]

IPA: /a.vɑ̃/ Forms: avent [alternative, uncommon]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin adventus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fr|:bor|la:adventus}}, {{bor+|fr|la|adventus}} Borrowed from Latin adventus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|-}} Avent m (uncountable)
  1. Advent (season before Christmas) Tags: masculine, uncountable Derived forms: calendrier de l'Avent

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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