avant-garde

See also: avantgarde and Avantgarde

English

WOTD – 31 January 2012

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde (vanguard). Doublet of vanguard and vaward.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /æˈvɑ̃t.ɡɑːd/, /æˈvɑ̃.ɡɑːd/, /ˌæ.vɑ̃ˈɡɑːd/, /ˈæ.vn̩t.ɡɑːd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd/, /əˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌæ.vɑntˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌɑˌvæntˈɡɑɹd/, /əˌvæntˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌɑˌvɑ̃ˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌæˌvɑ̃ˈɡɑɹd/
  • (file)

Noun

avant-garde (plural avant-gardes)

  1. (obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force.
    Antonym: arrière-garde
  2. Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
    Antonym: arrière-garde

Translations

Adjective

avant-garde (comparative more avant-garde, superlative most avant-garde)

  1. Innovative, pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.
    It was a very avant-garde production.
    • 2014, James Dobson, Modesty and Self-Esteem:
      I fear she will pay a heavy price for the avant-garde ideas she has been sold.

Synonyms

Translations

Derived terms

See also

Finnish

Etymology

< French avant-garde

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑʋɑntˌɡɑrde/, [ˈɑ̝ʋɑ̝n̪t̪ˌɡɑ̝rde̞]
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑʋɑn(t)ˌɡɑːr(d)/, [ˈɑ̝ʋɑ̝n(t̪)ˌɡɑ̝ːr(d)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑrde
  • Syllabification(key): a‧vant‧gar‧de

Noun

avant-garde

  1. Synonym of avantgardismi.

Declension

Inflection of avant-garde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative avant-garde
genitive avant-garden
partitive avant-gardea
illative avant-gardeen
singular plural
nominative avant-garde
accusative nom. avant-garde
gen. avant-garden
genitive avant-garden
partitive avant-gardea
inessive avant-gardessa
elative avant-gardesta
illative avant-gardeen
adessive avant-gardella
ablative avant-gardelta
allative avant-gardelle
essive avant-gardena
translative avant-gardeksi
abessive avant-gardetta
instructive
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of avant-garde (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative avant-gardeni
accusative nom. avant-gardeni
gen. avant-gardeni
genitive avant-gardeni
partitive avant-gardeani
inessive avant-gardessani
elative avant-gardestani
illative avant-gardeeni
adessive avant-gardellani
ablative avant-gardeltani
allative avant-gardelleni
essive avant-gardenani
translative avant-gardekseni
abessive avant-gardettani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative avant-gardesi
accusative nom. avant-gardesi
gen. avant-gardesi
genitive avant-gardesi
partitive avant-gardeasi
inessive avant-gardessasi
elative avant-gardestasi
illative avant-gardeesi
adessive avant-gardellasi
ablative avant-gardeltasi
allative avant-gardellesi
essive avant-gardenasi
translative avant-gardeksesi
abessive avant-gardettasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative avant-gardemme
accusative nom. avant-gardemme
gen. avant-gardemme
genitive avant-gardemme
partitive avant-gardeamme
inessive avant-gardessamme
elative avant-gardestamme
illative avant-gardeemme
adessive avant-gardellamme
ablative avant-gardeltamme
allative avant-gardellemme
essive avant-gardenamme
translative avant-gardeksemme
abessive avant-gardettamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative avant-gardenne
accusative nom. avant-gardenne
gen. avant-gardenne
genitive avant-gardenne
partitive avant-gardeanne
inessive avant-gardessanne
elative avant-gardestanne
illative avant-gardeenne
adessive avant-gardellanne
ablative avant-gardeltanne
allative avant-gardellenne
essive avant-gardenanne
translative avant-gardeksenne
abessive avant-gardettanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative avant-gardensa
accusative nom. avant-gardensa
gen. avant-gardensa
genitive avant-gardensa
partitive avant-gardeaan
avant-gardeansa
inessive avant-gardessaan
avant-gardessansa
elative avant-gardestaan
avant-gardestansa
illative avant-gardeensa
adessive avant-gardellaan
avant-gardellansa
ablative avant-gardeltaan
avant-gardeltansa
allative avant-gardelleen
avant-gardellensa
essive avant-gardenaan
avant-gardenansa
translative avant-gardekseen
avant-gardeksensa
abessive avant-gardettaan
avant-gardettansa
instructive
comitative

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French avantgarde. By surface analysis, avant (before, in front of) + garde (guard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃.ɡaʁd/
  • (file)

Noun

avant-garde f (plural avant-gardes)

  1. (military) vanguard [since mid-12th c.]
    Antonym: arrière-garde
    • 1879, Alfred Barbou, Les Trois Républiques françaises : Histoire populaire de la République en France [The Three French Republics: People's history of the Republic in France], A. Duquesne:
      Le 11 décembre, les avant-gardes ennemies étaient signalées aux environs de Château-Thierry.
      On December 11, the enemy vanguard was reported in the vicinity of Château-Thierry.
  2. (figuratively) avant-garde, firing line [since mid-16th c.]

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Danish: avantgarde
  • English: avant-garde
  • German: Avantgarde
  • Korean: 아방가르드 (abanggareudeu)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: avantgarde
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: avantgarde
  • Swedish: avantgarde
  • Turkish: avangart

Further reading

Middle French

Noun

avant-garde f (plural avant-gardes)

  1. (military) vanguard
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