Ave

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ave"

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑːveɪ/, /ˈæveɪ/, /ˈeɪvi/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːveɪ, -æveɪ, -eɪvi

Noun

Ave (plural Aves)

  1. An Ave Maria.
    • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 78:
      Ogier, thinkiag it is the Virgin Mary, commences an Ave; but the lady tells him she is Morgue la faye, who at his birth had kissed him, and retained him for her loyal amoureux, though forgotten by him.

Estonian

Etymology

Anagram of Eva, also associated with ava (“open”) as in avameelne (“openhearted”).

Proper noun

Ave

  1. a female given name

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːve/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Ave n (strong, genitive Ave or Aves, plural Ave or Aves)

  1. Ellipsis of Ave-Maria (“ave, Hail Mary”).
    • 1971, Günter Grass, “Die Vogelscheuchen”, in Gesammelte Gedichte, Luchterhand, page 104:
      weiß nicht, ob alte Jacken, alte Hosen, / wenn sie mit Löffeln in den Dosen / rostig und blechern windwärts läuten, / zur Vesper, ob zum Ave läuten, / zum Aufstand aller Vogelscheuchen läuten
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Declension
Declension of Ave [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Ave die Ave, Aves
genitive eines des Ave, Aves der Ave, Aves
dative einem dem Ave den Aven, Aves
accusative ein das Ave die Ave, Aves

Further reading
  • “Ave” in Duden online

Portuguese
rio Ave

Etymology

Inherited from Latin Avus. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“body of water”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.vi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.ve/
 

  • Homophone: ave
  • Hyphenation: A‧ve

Proper noun

Ave m

  1. Ave (a river in Portugal)
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