aveu
Champenois
Etymology
From Old French avoc, avuec, avoec (“with”), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aboc, *abhoc, *apud hŏque, a Frankish alteration consisting of Latin apud (“with, near, close to”) with hoc (“this”) and -que. Cognate with French avec, Bourguignon aivou, Picard aveuc, Narom aveu, Walloon avou and Franco-Provençal avouéc.
French
Etymology
Deverbal from avouer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vø/
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Noun
aveu m (plural aveux)
- (historical) oath of allegiance
- confession
- passer aux aveux ― to make a confession, to confess
Related terms
Further reading
- “aveu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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