avanie

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French aveinie, from Italian avania, from Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía, cfr. modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá) “defamation, slander”), possibly from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.va.ni/

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

avanie f (plural avanies)

1. (historical) avania (Ottoman tax)
2. (figuratively, by extension) affront, insult; snub

Descendants

• → Polish: awania

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

avanie f pl

1. plural of avania