avant

== English == === Etymology === Abbreviated from avant-garde. === Noun === avant (plural avants) (obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard. ==== Related terms ==== van === See also === === References === “avant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avant”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [əˈβan] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈvant] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈvant] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [aˈβan] === Adverb === avant forward, ahead, onward Synonym: endavant Antonym: endarrere ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== abans === Further reading === “avant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “avant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “avant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “avant”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Franco-Provençal == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin ab ante. === Adverb === avant (ORB, broad) before === Preposition === avant (ORB, broad) before, ahead of ==== Derived terms ==== avantâjo ==== Related terms ==== avanciér === References === avant in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca avant in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French avant, from Old French avant (“before, prior in time, forward”), from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃/ Homophones: avants, avent, Avent === Adverb === avant beforehand; earlier Je l'avais fait avant. ― I had done it beforehand. === Preposition === avant before (in time) Antonym: après Elle est arrivé un jour avant moi. ― She arrived one day before me. Il faut se laver avant de manger. ― You must wash before eating. Tais-toi avant que je ne te tue. ― Shut up before I kill you. before (in space), in front of, ahead of Antonym: après ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== avancer ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: anvan === Noun === avant m (plural avants) front l'avant d'une voiture ― The front of a car. (sports) forward === Further reading === “avant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === vanta == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French avant, from Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”). === Adverb === avant (Jersey) beforehand; earlier === Preposition === avant (Jersey) before ==== Derived terms ==== avant-hièr (“day before yesterday”) === Noun === avant m (plural avants) (Jersey, nautical) bow ==== Derived terms ==== == Old French == === Alternative forms === avaunt === Etymology === From Late Latin ab ante (“before, in front of”), from Latin ab (“from”) + ante (“before”). === Adverb === avant beforehand; earlier === Preposition === avant before ==== Related terms ==== avancier ==== Descendants ==== French: avant Norman: avant → Middle English: avaunt English: avaunt == Romansh == === Alternative forms === avon (Sursilvan) avànt (Sutsilvan) aunz, avaunt (Puter) === Etymology === From Late Latin ab ante, from Latin ab + ante. === Preposition === avant (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) before, beforehand (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) ago