"avril" meaning in French

See avril in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.vʁil/, /av.ɾi/ [Louisiana], /ɑvʁɪl/ [Quebec] Audio: Fr-avril.ogg [Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-avril.wav [France, Paris], LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-avril.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-avril.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-X-Javier-avril.wav [France] (note: Massy) Forms: avrils [plural], avr. [alternative, abbreviation]
Rhymes: -il Etymology: Inherited from Old French avril, from Latin Aprīlis. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|avril|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French avril, {{inh+|fr|fro|avril}} Inherited from Old French avril, {{inh|fr|la|Aprīlis}} Latin Aprīlis Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} avril m (plural avrils)
  1. April, the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, having 30 days Tags: masculine Derived forms: mi-avril, poisson d'avril (english: April fool), en avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil
    Sense id: en-avril-fr-noun-Z9tocHm4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang_code": "ht",
      "word": "avril"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "lang_code": "mfe",
      "word": "avril"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Fula",
      "lang_code": "ff",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "awril"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "âvril",
      "word": "آوریل"
    },
    {
      "lang": "South Azerbaijani",
      "lang_code": "az",
      "roman": "avril",
      "word": "آوریل"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tunisian Arabic",
      "lang_code": "aeb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "avrīl",
      "word": "أفريل"
    },
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      "lang": "Wolof",
      "lang_code": "wo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Awiril"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
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      "avril",
      "avril#Old_French"
    ],
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      "Aprilis#Latin"
    ]
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avr.",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "mi-avril"
        },
        {
          "english": "April fool",
          "translation": "April fool",
          "word": "poisson d'avril"
        },
        {
          "word": "en avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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          "month",
          "month"
        ],
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          "Gregorian calendar"
        ],
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          "day",
          "day"
        ]
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      ]
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    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/av.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Louisiana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑvʁɪl/",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ]
    },
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        "Paris"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-il"
    },
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      "homophone": "avrils"
    }
  ],
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}
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    },
    {
      "english": "April fool",
      "translation": "April fool",
      "word": "poisson d'avril"
    },
    {
      "word": "en avril, ne te découvre pas d'un fil"
    }
  ],
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      "lang_code": "ht",
      "word": "avril"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Mauritian Creole",
      "lang_code": "mfe",
      "word": "avril"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Fula",
      "lang_code": "ff",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa-ira",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "word": "آوریل"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "az",
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      "word": "آوریل"
    },
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      "lang_code": "aeb",
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      ],
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      "word": "أفريل"
    },
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      "lang_code": "wo",
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    },
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ɑvʁɪl/",
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      "rhymes": "-il"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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