avalen

== Catalan == === Verb === avalen third-person plural present indicative of avalar == Cornish == === Etymology === From Proto-Brythonic *aβaln, from Proto-Celtic *abalnā. === Noun === avalen f (plural avalennow or avalednow) apple tree == Middle English == === Alternative forms === availen, avale, avayle, awale === Etymology === From Old French avaler, a univerbation of a val (“to the valley”). Equivalent to a- +‎ vale +‎ -en (infinitival suffix); compare valen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈvaːlən/ === Verb === avalen To (cause to) sink or drop. To come or go downwards. To lower one's headgear in deference. (figurative) To humble; to abase. (rare) To recede; to draw back. (rare) To droop; to hang down. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: avale ==== References ==== “avālen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Spanish == === Verb === avalen inflection of avalar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative