avarie

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian avaria; ultimately from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة‎ (ʿawāriyya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.va.ʁi/

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Noun

avarie f (plural avaries)

1. damage
2. deterioration

Further reading

• “avarie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

avarie f

1. plural of avaria

Anagrams

• aeravi

Noun

avarie f (oblique plural avaries, nominative singular avarie, nominative plural avaries)

1. damage done to goods on a watercraft when they are thrown overboard due to a risk of the watercraft capsizing

References

• “avarie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (avarie, supplement)

Verb

avarie

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of avariar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of avariar
3. first-person singular imperative of avariar
4. third-person singular imperative of avariar