advocat

Catalan

Alternative forms

abogat (obsolete)
advocad (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advocātus.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /əd.voˈkat/

(Central) IPA^(key): /əd.buˈkat/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ad.voˈkat/
Rhymes: -at

Noun

advocat m (plural advocats, feminine advocada)

lawyer
- 1803, Joaquín Esteve, Joseph Belvitges y Antonio Juglà y Font, Diccionario catalán-castellano-latino, book 1, p. 13
  ADVOCAT. s. m. jursiconsult. Abogado. Causidicus Advocatus.
- 1839, Diccionari Català-Castellà-Llatí-Frances-Italià, book 1, p. 48
  ADVOCAD. s. m. Lo professòr de jurisprudencia, que ab títol llegítim defensa en judici per escrit ó de paraula. Abogado. Causarum patronus. Avocat. Avvocato, giurisconsulto.
- 1886, Antoni Careta y Vidal, Barbrismes y vulgarismes que malmeten la llengua catalana, p. 5
  Abogat.—Advocat.

Related terms

Further reading

“advocat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Latin

Verb

advocat

third-person singular present active indicative of advocō

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advocātus.

Noun

advocat m (plural advocats)

lawyer

Descendants

French: avocat

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