"avant-garde" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /a.vɑ̃.ɡaʁd/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-avant-garde.wav Forms: avant-gardes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French avantgarde. By surface analysis, avant (“before, in front of”) + garde (“guard”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|avantgarde|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French avantgarde, {{inh+|fr|fro|avantgarde}} Inherited from Old French avantgarde, {{surf|fr|avant|garde|gloss1=before, in front of|gloss2=guard}} By surface analysis, avant (“before, in front of”) + garde (“guard”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} avant-garde f (plural avant-gardes)
  1. (military) vanguard [since mid-12th c.] Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-avant-garde-fr-noun-amI2LBHp Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (figuratively) avant-garde, firing line [since mid-16th c.] Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-avant-garde-fr-noun-wMwVSuVB Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avant-gardisme, avant-gardiste, d’avant-garde

Inflected forms

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