# avis
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English avys, from Old French avis.

### Noun

avis
* (obsolete) advice; opinion; deliberation.

### Anagrams

* IVAs, Siva, VISA, Vias, Visa, vias, visa

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈa.βis]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa.vis]

### Noun

avis
* plural of avi

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French avis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈviːˀs/, [æˈʋiˀs̺]

### Noun

avis c (singular definite avisen, plural indefinite aviser)
* (journalism) newspaper

#### Declension
### References

* “avis” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French avis, from vis, from Latin visus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.vi/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

avis m (plural avis)
* opinion
    Synonym: opinion
* piece of advice
    Synonym: conseil
* notice

#### Derived terms

* avis de recherche
* changer d’avis
* de l’avis de
* deux avis valent mieux qu’un
* m’est avis

#### Descendants

* → Norwegian Bokmål: advis
* → Norwegian Bokmål: avis
** → Kven: aviisi

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* vais, visa

## Friulian
### Noun

avis
* plural of ave

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀετός (aetós), and Sanskrit वि (ví), and Albanian vito (“woodpidgeon”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.u̯is/, [ˈäu̯ɪs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.vis/, [ˈäːvis]

#### Noun

avis f (genitive avis); third declension
* a bird
    Synonym: ales
** c. 833, Nennius, “Vita Patricii” (chapter III), in Historia Brittonum, page 54:et vēnērunt ad eum avēs multī colōris innumerābilēsand came to him countless birds of many colors
* (figuratively) omen, portent

##### Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).
The ablative singular is often avī in Ecclesiastical Latin.

##### Derived terms

* auca (Vulgar Latin)
* aucella / avicella
* aucellus (Late Latin)
* auceps
* aviārium
* aviārius
* avicula
* aviculārius
* avipēs

##### Descendants

* Aragonese: au
* Catalan: au
* Old Galician-Portuguese: ave
** Galician: ave
** Portuguese: ave
* Sardinian: ave (Nuorese), ae (Logudorese)
* Old Spanish: ave
** Spanish: ave

##### See also

* passer

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.u̯iːs/, [ˈäu̯iːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.vis/, [ˈäːvis]

#### Noun

avīs
* dative/ablative plural of avus

### References

* “avis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “avis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* avis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* avis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. the omens are favourable to some one: aves (alites, oscines) addīcunt alicui (opp. abdicunt aliquid)

## Latvian
### Noun

avis f
* nominative/vocative/accusative plural of avs

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɐˈʋɪs]

### Noun

avìs f (plural ãvys) stress pattern 4
* sheep (female sheep and generic term)

#### Derived terms

* avė́dra
* aviniñkas
* avìdė
* avìdvakas
* avìgalvis
* avìganis
* avìkailis
* avìkirpės
* avìnis
* avìtaukiai
* avẽlė
* ãvinas

#### See also

* ė́ras
* aviẽtė
* tẽkis

## Northern Kurdish

| Central Kurdish | ئاوس (awis) |

### Alternative forms

* avîs

### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *āpuθra- (“pregnant”), from *puθráh (“son”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás (“boy; son”), from Proto-Indo-European *putlós. Cognate with Persian آبستن (âbestan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑːˈvɪs/

### Adjective

avis (not comparable, Arabic spelling ئاڤس)
* pregnant (of animals only; taboo for humans)

### References

* Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “avis”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 19

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈaviːs/

### Noun

avis
* locative singular of avvi

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈʋiːs/
* Rhymes: -iːs
* Hyphenation: av‧is

### Etymology 1

From French avis (“opinion, notice; piece of advise”), from Middle French advis (“opinion”), from Old French avis (“opinion”), from the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin vīsum (“vision, image”). Doublet of advis.
Cognate with Danish avis, Italian avviso, Middle English avys and English avis.

#### Noun

avis f or m (definite singular avisa or avisen, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)
* (journalism) a newspaper (a publication, usually published daily or weekly and usually printed on cheap, low-quality paper, containing news and other articles)
    Synonyms: avisblad, blad, tidende, tidning
    ikke et ord i avisen ― keep something secret
** 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt, page 242:du mener nok ikke, vi holder aviseryou probably do not mean, we keep newspapers
** 1877, Henrik Ibsen, Samfundets støtter, page 60:der vil blive skrevet korrespondencer i aviserne i nabobyernecorrespondence will be written in the newspapers of the neighboring towns
** 1890, Henrik Ibsen, Hedda Gabler, page 124:generalen sad … og læste avisernethe general sat… and read the newspapers
** 1994, Knut Hamsun, Knut Hamsuns brev I, page 202:hun har nemlig havt en historie og har staaet i aviserne nyligshe has had a story and has been in the newspapers recently
** 1993, Knut Faldbakken, Ormens år, page 19:jeg abonnerer på åtte aviserjeg abonnerer på åtte aviserI subscribe to eight newspapers
** 1995, Ebba Haslund, I mangel av sverd, page 181:bunker med illegale aviserpiles of illegal newspapers
** 2001, Lars Saabye Christensen, Halvbroren, page 216:hun hadde gått for å hente avisenshe had gone to get the newspaper
** 1934 October 9, Folkeviljen, page 3:et gammelt munnheld sier «ikke et ord i avisen» om noe som skal være topphemmeligan old saying goes "not a word in the newspaper" about something that should be top secret
** 1935 September 17, Folkebladet, page 4:foreløbig må avisene ikke vite noe om dette. Altså ikke et ord i avisen om at vi følger et nytt sporfor the time being, the newspapers must not know anything about this. In other words, not a word in the newspaper that we are following a new path
* (media) a financial enterprise that consists of publishing a newspaper; newspaper agency
    hun er ansatt i en avisshe is employed by a newspaper
* (business) an office where the newspaper editorial office is located
    han gikk ned i avisen for å snakke med redaktørenhe went down to the newspaper to talk to the editor

##### Derived terms

* abonnementsavis
* adresseavis
* aftenavis
* arbeideravis
* avisand
* avisanmeldelse
* avisanmelder
* avisartikkel
* avisblad
* avisblod
* avisbord
* avisbud
* avisdame
* avisdebatt
* avisdesk
* avisdistrikt
* avisdød
* aviseier
* avisfeide
* avisfilm
* avisfolk
* avisfyll
* avisføljetong
* avisgate
* avisgutt
* avishode
* avisholder
* avishus
* avishylle
* avisinnlegg
* avisjungel
* aviskampanje
* aviskiosk
* aviskjevl
* aviskjevleri
* avisklipp
* aviskone
* aviskritikk
* aviskronikk
* aviskurv
* avislapp
* avisleder
* avisleser
* avislitteratur
* avisluke
* avisløgn
* avismann
* avismappe
* avismelding
* avisnavn
* avisnotis
* avisoman
* avisomslag
* avisoppsett
* avisoppslag
* avisoverskrift
* avispapir
* avispenn
* avispoet
* avispolemikk
* avisquerelle
* avisredaksjon
* avisredaktør
* avisreferat
* avisreferent
* avisreklame
* avisreportasje
* avisrute
* avissats
* avisselger
* avissetter
* avisside
* avisskandale
* avisskriver
* avisskriveri
* fullformatavis

##### Descendants

* → Kven: aviisi

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

avis
* imperative of avise

### References

* “avis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “avis” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
* “avis” in Store norske leksikon

### Anagrams

* avsi, siva, svai, visa

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from French avis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɑʋiːs/
* Rhymes: -iːs

### Noun

avis f (definite singular avisa, indefinite plural aviser, definite plural avisene)
* a newspaper

#### Derived terms

* avisartikkel
* avispapir
* dagsavis
* filmavis
* gratisavis
* lokalavis
* nettavis
* regionavis
* tabloidavis

### References

* “avis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old French
### Etymology

From the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin visum (“vision, image”).

### Noun

avis oblique singular, m (oblique plural avis, nominative singular avis, nominative plural avis)
* opinion

#### Synonyms

* vis (more common)
* opinion

#### Descendants

* Middle French: advis
** French: avis
*** → Norwegian Bokmål: advis
*** → Norwegian Bokmål: avis
**** → Kven: aviisi
* → Italian: avviso
* → Middle English: avys, avis, avice, awise, advis, advice
** English: avis, advice
** Scots: adveece

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Clipping of avundsjuk (“jealous”) +‎ -is.

#### Adjective

avis (comparative mer avis, superlative mest avis)
* (colloquial) jelly, jealous

##### Declension

Invariable, not used in the definite form.

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

avis
* indefinite genitive singular of avi

### Anagrams

* visa