aveque

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• avec (unadapted)

Etymology

From French avec (“with”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvɛ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvɛ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈvɛ.ke/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈvɛ.kɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈvɛ.kɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /aˈbɛ.kɨ/ [aˈβɛ.kɨ]

• Rhymes: -ɛki, -ɛkɨ
• Hyphenation: a‧ve‧que

Noun

aveque m or f by sense (plural aveques)

1. (humorous or derogatory) A Luso-French person, a Portuguese diaspora in France or another Francophone country.
2. (humorous or derogatory) A Franco-Portuguese person, a Francophone person living in Portugal or another Lusophone country.
3. (humorous or derogatory) A Francophone in general.

   Synonyms: francês, franciú

Further reading

• “aveque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025