avant-garde

== English == === Alternative forms === avantgarde === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde (“vanguard”). Doublet of vanguard and vaward. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /æˈvɑ̃t.ɡɑːd/, /æˈvɑ̃.ɡɑːd/, /ˌæ.vɑ̃ˈɡɑːd/, /ˈæ.vn̩t.ɡɑːd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd/, /əˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌæ.vɑntˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌɑˌvæntˈɡɑɹd/, /əˌvæntˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌɑˌvɑ̃ˈɡɑɹd/, /ˌæˌvɑ̃ˈɡɑɹd/ === Noun === avant-garde (plural avant-gardes) (obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force. Antonym: arrière-garde Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts. Synonyms: remnant, vanguard Antonym: arrière-garde ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === avant-garde (comparative more avant-garde, superlative most avant-garde) Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so. Synonyms: underground; see also Thesaurus:innovation ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === See also === leading edge == Finnish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑʋɑntˌɡɑrde/, [ˈɑ̝ʋɑ̝n̪t̪ˌɡɑ̝rde̞] IPA(key): /ˈɑʋɑn(t)ˌɡɑːr(d)/, [ˈɑ̝ʋɑ̝n(t̪)ˌɡɑ̝ːr(d)] Rhymes: -ɑrde Syllabification(key): a‧vant‧gar‧de Hyphenation(key): avant‧garde === Noun === avant-garde synonym of avantgardismi ==== Declension ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French avantgarde. By surface analysis, avant (“before, in front of”) +‎ garde (“guard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.vɑ̃.ɡaʁd/ === Noun === avant-garde f (plural avant-gardes) (military) vanguard [since mid-12th c.] Antonym: arrière-garde (figuratively) avant-garde, firing line [since mid-16th c.] (Marxism) vanguard, the most politicized and conscious part of the proletariat. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “avant-garde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde. === Noun === avant-garde avant-garde Synonyms: garda depan, pelopor, perintis === Further reading === “avant-garde”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Middle French == === Noun === avant-garde f (plural avant-gardes) (military) vanguard == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French avant-garde. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧vant-gar‧de === Noun === avant-garde m (plural avant-gardes) avant-garde === Adjective === avant-garde m or f (plural avant-gardes) avant-garde === Further reading === “avant-garde”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “avant-garde”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026