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Definition: Aves |
AvesNoun1. Birds. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Aves" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
Etymology: Aves \A"ves\, plural noun. [Latin expression, plural of avis bird.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Aves" is a common misspelling or typo for: aces, ages, avis. |
Synonym: AvesSynonym: class Aves (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Aves |
| English words defined with "Aves": Euornithes, Eurhipidurous ♦ Fissipalmate, Fissipedal ♦ Gressorious ♦ Oared ♦ Scansorial, Semipalmated ♦ Totipalmate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Aves": Psaphon's Birds ♦ Roman Birds ♦ Ventre-saint-Gris!. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aves" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (baltimore bird, be eager or anxious, bird, bird spider, bird watcher, birds, cardinal bird, crave, desire, humming bird, jail bird, long after, mocking bird, omen, portent, rain bird, sign, the bird, wish for), Portuguese (birds), Spanish (birds, fowl, poultry). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Matadouro de Aves (1962) Aves Sem Ninho (1939) T' Aves Bachtalo (1994) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Carnegie Institution--D.C. Public Library, Mass. & N.Y. Aves., N.W., Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Church of St. Stephen, Laurel and Kearny Aves., Arlington, New Jersey. Chancel. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | St. Helena's Church and School, Benedict and Olmstead Aves., Bronx, New York. Convent bedroom. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Brawley Building on F St. between 13th and 14th Aves. Exterior of Brawley Building with Brownley's Candies, from across street. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A.R. Clas buildings. Amoco gas station at Massachusetts and Wisconsin Aves. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Aves" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Aves" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (plural) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "Aves": class Aves. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "Aves"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Thai | คำนามพหูพจน์ของ rara avis (rarae aves). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 10 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Elaben de autw panta tauta kai dieilen auta mesa kai eqhken auta antiproswpa allhloiV ta de ornea ou dieilen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Qui tollens universa haec divisit per medium et utrasque partes contra se altrinsecus posuit aves autem non divisit |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | He dyde ða swa, ond todælde hi on twa, buton þa fugelas he ne todælde. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The which, takynge alle thes thingis, dyuydide hem by the mydil, and putte eithir partis ayens hemsilf, either to othre; the briddis forsothe he dyuydide not. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he toke all these and devyded them in the myddes and layde euery pece one over agenst a nother. But the foules devyded he not. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds he did not divide. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 15, Verse 10 |
| Cebuano | Gikuha kining tanan, ug gipikas niya, ug gibutang niya ang tagsa ka pikas nga giakub sa usa ka pikas, apan wala niya pagpikasa ang mga langgam. |
| Croatian | Sve mu to donese, rasijeèe na pole i metnu sve pole jednu prema drugoj; ptica nije rasijecao. |
| Danish | Så tog han alle disse Dyr skar dem midt over og lagde Halvdelene over for hinanden; dog skar han ikke Fuglene over. |
| Dutch | En hij bracht Hem deze alle, en hij deelde ze middendoor, en hij leide elks deel tegen het andere over; maar het gevogelte deelde hij niet. |
| Finnish | Ja hän toi nämä kaikki ja halkaisi ne ja asetti puolikkaat vastakkain; lintuja hän ei kuitenkaan halkaissut. |
| French | Abram prit tous ces animaux, les coupa par le milieu, et mit chaque morceau l`un vis- -vis de l`autre; mais il ne partagea point les oiseaux. |
| German | Und er brachte ihm solches alles und zerteilte es mitten voneinander und legte einen Teil dem andern gegenüber; aber die Vögel zerteilte er nicht. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu Abram mengambil binatang-binatang itu bagi Allah. Sapi, kambing dan domba itu masing-masing dibelahnya menjadi dua, dan belahan-belahan itu diletakkannya saling berhadapan dalam dua deret. Tetapi burung-burung itu tidak dibelahnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dibawanyalah akan sekalian itu, dibaginya dua, lalu diletakkannya kedua bahagian itu bertentangan, tetapi tiada dibaginya akan burung itu. |
| Maori | Na tikina ana e ia aua mea katoa, a tapahia ana i waenganui, whakatakotoria ana nga wahi kia rite mai ki a raua whakawahi: ko nga manu ia kihai i tapahia e ia. |
| Norwegian | Så hentet han alt dette til ham og skar dyrene midt over og la det ene stykket av hvert dyr rett imot det andre; men fuglene skar han ikke over. |
| Portuguese | Ele, pois, lhe trouxe todos estes animais, partiu-os pelo meio, e pôs cada parte deles em frente da outra; mas as aves não partiu. |
| Rumanian | Avram a luat toate dobitoacele acestea, le -a despicat kn douq, wi a pus fiecare bucatq una kn faya alteia; dar pasqrile nu le -a despicat. |
| Russian | пО ЧЪСМ ЧУЕИ ЙИ, ТБУУЕЛ ЙИ П ПМБН Й ПМПЦЙМ П"ОХ ЮБУФШ ТПФЙЧ "ТХЗПК; ФПМШЛП ФЙ" ОЕ ТБУУЕЛ. |
| Swedish | Och han tog åt honom alla dessa djur och styckade dem mitt itu och lade styckena mitt emot varandra; dock styckade han icke fåglarna. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "Aves": aftershaves, agaves, airwaves, architraves, autoclaves, behaves, bereaves, braves, burgraves, caves, claves, cleaves, cloverleaves, concaves, conclaves, contraoctaves, cowlstaves, craves, deaves, deleaves, depraves, dissaves, distaves, drawshaves, eaves, enclaves, endleaves, engraves, enslaves, exclaves, faves, flagstaves, flyleaves, graves, greaves, haves, heaves, interleaves, interweaves, inweaves, knaves, laves, leatherleaves, leaves, loaves, longleaves, margraves, meatloaves, microwaves, misbehaves, naves. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Aves": bravest, eavesdrop, eavesdropped, eavesdropper, eavesdroppers, eavesdropping, eavesdrops, graveside, gravesides, gravest, gravestone, gravestones, stavesacre, stavesacres, suavest, travestied, travesties, travesty, travestying, waveshape, waveshapes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: save, vase. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-s-v" | |
-1 letter: ave, sae, sea, vas. | |
-2 letters: ae, as, es. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-s-v" | |
+1 letter: avens, avers, caves, devas, eaves, faves, haves, laves, naves, oaves, paves, raves, salve, saved, saver, saves, selva, shave, slave, soave, stave, suave, uveas, vales, valse, vanes, vases, veals, vesta, waves. | |
+2 letters: aboves, advise, agaves, aivers, averse, averts, avoset, avulse, braves, calves, carves, cavers, cavies, claves, craves, davens, davies, deaves, evades, fauves, foveas, ganevs, gavels, graves, halves, havens, havers, heaves, knaves, kvases, lavers, leaves, loaves, mauves, mavens, mavies, naevus, naives, navels, navies, pavers, pavise, ravels, ravens, ravers, reaves, salved, salver, salves, savage, savate, savers, savine, selvas, serval, shaved, shaven, shaver, shaves, shavie, sheave, silvae, slaved, slaver, slaves, slavey, sleave, soaves, spavie, starve, staved, staves, suaver, sylvae, traves, vadose, valets, valise, valses, values, valves, vamose, varies, varves, vaster, veenas, vegans, velars, versal, vesica, vestal, vestas, visaed, visage, waives, wavers, waveys, wavies, weaves. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Bible Trace 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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