aven

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French aven. === Noun === aven (plural avens) A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above. A pothole. ==== Translations ==== === See also === domepit === References === Northern Caves, Vols 1-5. Dalesman Publishing, UK. passim === Anagrams === nave, e-van, Neva, Vane, neva, vane, Nave, Evan, Vena, vena == Breton == === Alternative forms === avon === Etymology === From Middle Breton avon, from Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑː.ven/ === Noun === aven f (plural avenioù) (archaic) river == Cornish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === aven m (plural avenyow) image === References === “aven” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek. == French == === Etymology === From Occitan avenc, from Gaulish *abonā (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). Compare Breton aven, avon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.vɛn/ === Noun === aven m (plural avens) (geology, caving) pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts) Synonyms: gouffre, igue (geology) sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK) === Further reading === aven on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr “aven”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Polabian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle Low German even. === Adverb === aven just === References === Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “aven”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 21 Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “aven”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35 Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Awen”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 9 == Romanian == === Noun === aven n (plural avene) alternative form of avenă ==== Declension ==== == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English oven. === Noun === aven oven === References === Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 5