avanie

French

Etymology

From Old French aveinie, from Italian avania (“a heavy tax”), from Byzantine Greek ἁβανία (habanía) (modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá, “defamation, slander”)), from Arabic خَوَّان‎ (ḵawwān, “unreliable, traitor”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.va.ni/
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Noun

avanie f (plural avanies)

(historical) avania
affront, insult; snub

Further reading

“avanie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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