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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French aval.

Noun

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aval (plural avals)

  1. (finance, law) A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
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  • aval, in Investopedia.

Etymology 2

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From Latin avus (grandfather).

Adjective

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aval (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.
    • 1973, Wilfred T. Neill, Twentieth-Century Indonesia, Columbia University Press, published 1973, →ISBN, page 299:
      Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother [] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort.
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Etymology 3

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From Malayalam അവൽ (aval) or Tamil அவல் (aval).

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Breton

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

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Noun

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aval m

  1. apple

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French aval.

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Noun

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aval m (plural avals)

  1. endorsement

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Brythonic *aβal, from Proto-Celtic *abūl, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.

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Noun

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aval m (plural avalow or avallow)

  1. apple

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Estonian

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Noun

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aval

  1. adessive singular of ava

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.val/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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From à + val.

Noun

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aval m (uncountable)

  1. downstream area, lower reaches (of river)
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Etymology 2

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Probably an abbreviation of à valoir.

Noun

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aval m (plural avals)

  1. approval, endorsement
Descendants
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  • Catalan: aval
  • English: aval
  • Galician: aval
  • Italian: avallo
  • Portuguese: aval
  • Spanish: aval
  • Thai: อาวัล (aa-wan)
  • Turkish: aval

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Occitan

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Etymology

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a +‎ val

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Adverb

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aval

  1. down
    Antonym: amont

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French aval.[1][2]

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: a‧val

Noun

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aval m (plural avais)

  1. permit (an artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal)
    Synonyms: permissão, autorização, licença
  2. (figurative) authorization, approval

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  1. ^ aval”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ aval”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French aval.

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aval n (uncountable)

  1. downstream

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French aval.

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  • IPA(key): /aˈbal/ [aˈβ̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: a‧val

Noun

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aval m (plural avales)

  1. endorsement
    • 2024 May 16, Camilo S. Baquero, Marc Rovira, “Junqueras quiere que la militancia avale su aspiración a seguir liderando ERC”, in El País[1]:
      Oriol Junqueras aspira a llegar al congreso extraordinario de ERC, que se celebrará el 30 de noviembre, con un aval claro de la militancia para repetir como presidente de la formación, pese a haber dejado el cargo el miércoles.
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  2. countersignature
  3. guarantee

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