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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]aven (plural avens)
- A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
- A pothole.
Translations
[edit]a vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Northern Caves, Vols 1-5. Dalesman Publishing, UK. passim
Anagrams
[edit]Breton
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Breton avon, from Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aven f (plural avenioù)
French
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Etymology
[edit]From Occitan avenc, from Gaulish *abonā (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). Compare Breton aven, avon.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aven m (plural avens)
- (geology, caving) pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts)
- (geology) sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK)
Further reading
[edit]aven on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “aven”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polabian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle Low German even.
Adverb
[edit]aven
References
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.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
[edit]Noun
[edit]aven n (plural avene)
- Alternative form of avenă
Declension
[edit]Declension of aven
Tok Pisin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]aven
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