# avocat
## English
### Etymology

From French avocat (lawyer).

### Noun

avocat (plural avocats)
* An advocate, a lawyer

### References

* “avocat”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avocat”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.vɔ.ka/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French avocat (12th c.), a borrowing from Latin advocātus. Doublet of avoué, which may be inherited or an earlier borrowing.

#### Noun

avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocate)
* (law) lawyer, attorney

##### Derived terms

* avocaillon
* avocasser
* avocasserie
* avocat du diable

##### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: آووقات (avokat)
** Turkish: avukat

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish avocado.

#### Noun

avocat m (plural avocats)
* avocado
    Synonym: poire d’avocat

##### Descendants

* → Khmer: អាវ៉ូកាត៍ (ʼaavoukaa)
* → Norman: avocat

### References

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

### Further reading

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

## Ladin
### Alternative forms

* aucat

### Etymology

From Latin advocatus.

### Noun

avocat m (plural avocac)
* lawyer, solicitor
* advocate

## Latin
### Verb

āvocat
* third-person singular present active indicative of āvocō

## Norman
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin advocātus (“advocate”).

#### Noun

avocat m (plural avocats)
* (Jersey) advocate
* (Jersey, law) barrister

##### Synonyms

* homme d'affaithes

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French avocat, from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (“lawyer”).

#### Noun

avocat m (plural avocats)
* (Jersey) avocado

##### Derived terms

* avocatchi (“avocado tree”)

## Occitan
### Etymology 1

From Latin advocatus.

#### Noun

avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocata, feminine plural avocatas)
* lawyer, attorney

### Etymology 2

From Spanish avocado.

#### Noun

avocat m (plural avocats)
* avocado

## Piedmontese
### Etymology

From Latin advocātus (“advocate”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /avuˈkat/

### Noun

avocat m (plural avocat)
* lawyer

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* advocat — rare
* авокат (avocat) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology

Borrowed from French avocat, Latin advocatus. Compare Aromanian avucat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.voˈkat/
* Rhymes: -at
* Hyphenation: a‧vo‧cat

### Noun

avocat m (plural avocați, feminine equivalent avocată)
* (law) lawyer, attorney, barrister
    Synonym: apărător

#### Synonyms

* procator (regional, in Transylvania)
* defensor, vechil (dated)

#### Derived terms

* a se face avocatul cuiva, a fi avocatul cuiva
* avocațial
* avocațional
* avocățel
* avocățesc

#### Related terms

* avocatură

### See also

* lege

### References

* avocat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)