auvent

== French == === Alternative forms === arvan (dialectal) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French auvans, from Old French anvant (1180), from Gaulish *andebanno (“eaves, portico”) (compare Occitan ambans, Catalan envà), compound of ande (“intensive prefix”) (compare Welsh an-) + banno (“horn”) (compare Welsh ban), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *an- + *bandā. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /o.vɑ̃/ === Noun === auvent m (plural auvents) awning, canopy (over entrance) Synonyms: banne, marquise carport === Further reading === “auvent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012