avant-train, n.m., (—-—s) fore-carriage, limber.
*avant-veille, n.f., (—-—s) two days before.
avare, adj., avaricious, miserly, covetous; stingy, close-fisted, sparing; penurious, niggardly. Être — de ses louanges; to be sparing of praise. À père — enfant prodigue; a miserly father has a spendthrift son.
avare, n.m., miser, niggard; pinch-penny.
avarement, adv., avariciously.
avarice, n.f., avarice, avariciousness, covetousness; niggardliness; stinginess. Par —; from avarice.
avaricieu-x, -se, adj., (l.u.) avaricious, covetous; stingy.
avarie, n.f., damage (done in conveying goods); (com.) damage, loss, repairs. —s communes; (com.) general average. Menues —s; small averages. —s simples; ordinary damage. Sans —; without mishap. Causer une —; to damage. Régler les —s; to state the averages.
avarié, -e, adj., damaged.
avarier, v.a., to damage. S’—, v.r., to become damaged.