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Definition: AVANT |
AVANTNoun1. The front of an army. [Obs.] See Van. |
Date "AVANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1663. (references) |
Note: Avant \A*vant"\, noun. [For avant-guard. Compare to Avaunt, Van.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AVANT | French | Proue | Transportation |
| av.J.-C. | French | Avant Jesus-Christ | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Command | Phrase: the decree is gone forth; sic volo sic jubeo; le Roi le veut; boutez en avant. |
Direction | Adverb: towards; on the road, on the high road to; en avant; versus, to; hither, thither, whither; directly; straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow; point blank; in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with; in a line with; full tilt at, as the crow flies. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AVANT |
| Specialty definitions using "AVANT": Avant Courier ♦ Cart before the Horse ♦ Les Anguilles de Melun ♦ pre-trim ♦ qualifying year. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "AVANT": avant-courier ♦ Vamplate, Van-courier, Vanguard. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AVANT" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (before, bow, earlier, forward, front, in advance of, in front of, previous to, previously, prior, till, until). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | But it's avant guard, very experimental. (Fathers' Day; writing credit: Francis Veber) This is Chevalier, Montage, Detente, Avant Garde, and Deja Vu. (Top Secret!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; David Zucker) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mieux qu'avant Comme avant (1972) Juste avant la nuit (1971) Avant le petit déjeuner (1961) Un pas en avant (1960) Expo en avant! (1958) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | In: "Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie ....." by the French ships ASTROLABE and ZELEE under the command of Dumont D'Urville. Plate 24. L'Astrolabe arretee par un glacon avant sa sortie de la banquise, 9 Fevrier 1838. Parages Antarctiques. Library Call Number Q115 .D9 1842. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Avant l'opération salon de 1887 / H. Gervex pinx. & del. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Madame! une carte postale du dentiste, votre ratelier ne sera pas prêt avant huit jours! / Cham [i.e. Amédée Noé] Yves & Barret. sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | -Mais je n'ai que trois minutes avant mon train. / par Abel Faivre. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Dans safer sex il y a avant toot le mot sexe. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | La Drogue: Parlons-En Avant Qu'elle Ne Lui Parle. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Le Temple le Banteay Srei avant restauration, art cambodgien. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pageant participants costumed as Pilgrims and Natives, posed beneath a banner "En Avant!". Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "AVANT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 42.86% of the time. "AVANT" is used about 21 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 (singular) | 42.86% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 33.33% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 23.81% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 21 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "AVANT" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Avant | Last name | 2,000 | 5,172 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Avant Immunotherapeutics Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Avant, OK (town, FIPS 3500) |
Expressions using "AVANT": avant garde ♦ avant gardist ♦ boutez en avant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "AVANT": avant-courier, avant-garde, avant-gardes, avant-gardism, avant-gardisme, avant-gardist, avant-grade, avant-guard, avant-guardian, avant-guardism, avant-metal, avant-project, avant-rock. | |
Containing "AVANT": neo-avant-garde. | |
| 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 "AVANT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | avangardë (advance guard, avant garde, vanguard), pararojë (advance, advance guard, avant garde, pilot, Van, vanguard), kryesues (avant garde). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | авангард (advance guard, avant garde, spearhead, vanguard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | avantgarda (avant garde, vanguard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | avant-garde teknologiudvikling (avant-garde technology development), spydspidsteknologiudvikling (avant-garde technology development), overtitel (avant-titre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | avant-gardistisch (avant-garde), avant-garde (avant-garde), aanvalsspits (attacker, avant-garde), vooruitlopende technologische ontwikkeling (avant-garde technology development), voorhoede (avant-garde), vernieuwende technologische ontwikkeling (avant-garde technology development), uitgewerkt voorontwerp (avant-project, detailed investigation, project investigation), franse-titel (avant-titre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | avangardo (avant-garde), avangarda (avant-garde). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alkusuunnittelu (avant-project, detailed investigation, project investigation), alanimeke (avant-titre, subtitle), yleissuunnittelu (avant-project, detailed investigation, project investigation), huipputekniikan kehittäminen (avant-garde technology development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | avant-titre (avant-titre), avant-garde (avant garde, avant-garde), développement de technologie de pointe (avant-garde technology development), étude détaillée (avant-project). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vor (against, ago, ahead of, ante, before, forth, forwards, in front of, in the eyes of, of, outside, over, pre, with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρότιτλος (avant-titre), πρωτοποριακόσ (avant garde, pioneer), λεπτομερείς μελέται (avant-project, detailed investigation, project investigation), ανάπτυξη τεχνολογίας αιχμής (avant-garde technology development). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | חיל "חלוץ (avant garde, vanguard), או 'אר" (avant garde). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | avangard (avant garde). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | avanguardia (avant garde, forefront, spearhead, Van, vanguard), sviluppo di alta tecnologia (avant-garde technology development), occhietto (avant-titre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 前衛美" (avant-garde art), アバディーンアンガス種 (Aberdeen Angus, adventure, apart, apartment, apartment building, aperture, avant-garde, pre-war). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぜ"えいびじゅつ (avant-garde art), アバンギャルド (avant-garde). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avantay antetítulo (avant-titre), anteprojecto (avant-project, detailed investigation, preliminary design, preliminary plan, project investigation), vanguarda (avant-garde, battlefront, front, frontage, head, van, vanguard), investigações do projecto (avant-project, detailed investigation, project investigation), estudos de pormenor (avant-project, detailed investigation, project investigation), desenvolvimento de tecnologia de ponta (avant-garde technology development), de vanguarda (avant-garde). (various references) выступающий фасад (avant-corps), авангард (advance guard, advance-guard, avant garde, avante-garde, forefront, vanguard). (various references) avangardni (avant garde). (various references) antetítulo (avant-titre), vanguardia (advance guard, avant garde, forefront, spearhead, vanguard), desarrollo de tecnología de vanguardia (avant-garde technology development). (various references) avantgarde- (avant garde), avantgarde (avant garde, avant-garde), utveckling av spetsteknik (avant-garde technology development), smutstitel (half-titel), kompletterande titel (avant-titre), förtitel (avant-titre), detaljerad projektutredning (avant-project, detailed investigation, project investigation). (various references) yenilikçiler (avant garde), yenilikçi kimse (avant gardist), yenilikçi (avant garde, go ahead, hipster, improver, innovator, modernist, reformer, reformist), yenilik getirenler (avant garde), yenilik getiren kimse (avant gardist), öncü olanlar (avant garde), öncü (advance, advance guard, advanced, apostle, avant garde, bannerbearer, high priest, initiator, pilot, pioneer, pole star, precursor, spearhead, trailblazer, vanguard). (various references) авангард (advance guard, avant garde, vanguard). (various references) những người đi tiên phong (avant-garde). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "AVANT": galavant, savant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AVANT": galavanted, galavanting, galavants, savants. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AVANT" (pronounced uvÄ"nt) |
| 5 | u v Ä" n t | savant. |
| 3 | -Ä" n t | commandant, croissant, detente, font, nonchalant, want. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-n-t-v" | |
-1 letter: anta. | |
-2 letters: ana, ant, ava, tan, tav, van, vat. | |
-3 letters: aa, an, at, na, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-n-t-v" | |
+1 letter: avaunt, savant, vacant. | |
+2 letters: savants, taverna, vagrant, valiant, vantage, variant. | |
+3 letters: adjuvant, aventail, aviating, aviation, cavatina, cavatine, evacuant, galavant, galivant, lavation, navigate, sanative, tavernas, tsarevna, tzarevna, vacantly, vacating, vacation, vaginate, vagrants, valiants, vanadate, vantages, variants. | |
+4 letters: adjuvants, advantage, anchoveta, antiviral, aventails, aviations, avocation, cavatinas, caveating, covariant, emanative, evacuants, galavants, galivants, gallivant, invariant, lavations, leviathan, narrative, navigated, navigates, navigator, salvation, tsarevnas, tzarevnas, vacations, vaccinate, vagotonia, vagrantly, valiantly, valuating, valuation, vanadates, vanaspati, variating, variation, vaticinal, vicariant. | |
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