aven

See also: Aven, avén, and även

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French aven.

Noun

aven (plural avens)

1. A vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage, sometimes connecting with passages above.
2. A pothole.

Translations

a vertical shaft leading upward from a cave passage

• Polish: awen m

See also

• domepit

References

• Northern Caves, Vols 1-5. Dalesman Publishing, UK. passim

Anagrams

• nave, e-van, Neva, Vane, neva, vane, Nave, Evan, Vena, vena

Breton

Alternative forms

• avon

Etymology

From Middle Breton avon, from Proto-Brythonic *aβon (“river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.ven/

Noun

aven f (plural avenioù)

1. (archaic) river

Cornish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aven m (plural avenyow)

1. image

References

“aven” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

French

aven

Etymology

From Occitan avenc, from Gaulish *abonā (“river”), from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”). Compare Breton aven, avon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vɛn/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

aven m (plural avens)

1. (geology, caving) pit cave, pit (natural cave with predominantly vertical shafts)

   Synonyms: gouffre, igue

2. (geology) sinkhole (US), swallow hole (UK)

Further reading

• aven on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “aven”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Polabian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German even.

Adverb

aven

1. just

References

• 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

Noun

aven n (plural avene)

1. alternative form of avenă

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aven	avenul	avene	avenele
genitive-dative	aven	avenului	avene	avenelor
vocative	avenule		avenelor

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English oven.

Noun

aven

1. oven

References

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 5