avocat

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English

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Etymology

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From French avocat (lawyer).

Noun

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avocat (plural avocats)

  1. An advocate, a lawyer

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.vɔ.ka/
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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French avocat (12th c.), a borrowing from Latin advocātus. Doublet of avoué, which may be inherited or an earlier borrowing.

Noun

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avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocate)

  1. (law) lawyer, attorney
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Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: آووقات (avokat)
    • Turkish: avukat

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish avocado.[1]

Noun

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avocat m (plural avocats)

  1. avocado
    Synonym: poire d’avocat
Descendants
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References

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  1. ^ avocat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Ladin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin advocatus.

Noun

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avocat m (plural avocac)

  1. lawyer, solicitor
  2. advocate

Latin

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Verb

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āvocat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of āvocō

Norman

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin advocātus (advocate).

Noun

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avocat m (plural avocats)

  1. (Jersey) advocate
  2. (Jersey, law) barrister
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French avocat, from Spanish aguacate, from Nahuatl āhuacatl. Influenced by confusion with Spanish abogado (lawyer).

Noun

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avocat m (plural avocats)

  1. (Jersey) avocado
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Occitan

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Etymology 1

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From Latin advocatus.

Noun

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avocat m (plural avocats, feminine avocata, feminine plural avocatas)

  1. lawyer, attorney

Etymology 2

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From Spanish avocado.

Noun

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avocat m (plural avocats)

  1. avocado

Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin advocātus (advocate).

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Noun

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avocat m (plural avocat)

  1. lawyer

Romanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French avocat, Latin advocatus. Compare Aromanian avucat.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.voˈkat/
  • Rhymes: -at
  • Hyphenation: a‧vo‧cat

Noun

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avocat m (plural avocați, feminine equivalent avocată)

  1. (law) lawyer, attorney, barrister
    Synonym: apărător

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