aveu

Etymology

From Old French avoc, avuec, avoec (“with”), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aboc, *abhoc, *apud hŏque, a Frankish alteration consisting of Latin apud (“with, near, close to”) with hoc (“this”) and -que. Cognate with French avec, Bourguignon aivou, Picard aveuc, Norman aveu, Walloon avou and Franco-Provençal: avouéc.

Etymology

Deverbal of avouer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vø/

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Noun

aveu m (plural aveux)

1. confession

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• veau

Etymology

From Old French avoc, avuec, avoec (“with”), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aboc, *abhoc, *apud hŏque, a Frankish alteration consisting of Latin apud (“with, near, close to”) with hoc (“this”) and -que. Cognate with French avec, Bourguignon aivou, Picard aveuc, Champenois aveu, Walloon avou and Franco-Provençal: avouéc.