avoinerie, n.f., oat-field.
avoir (ayant, eu), v.a., to have; to get, to possess, to enjoy; to be; to be worth; to be the matter with, to ail; to have on. — pour agréable; to like. — honte; to be ashamed. — raison; to be right. — raison de; to get the mastery over. — tort; to be wrong. — peur; to be afraid. — faim; to be hungry. — soif; to be thirsty. Vous n’avez qu’a dire; you need only say the word. Qu’est-ce que vous avez? what ails you? what is the matter with you? Faire —; to procure for. Quel âge avez-vous? how old are you? Il a quarante ans; he is forty. J’ai à vous parler; I have something to tell you. Il avait un habit bleu; he had on a blue coat. En —; to catch it. Il en a; he has caught it. En a-t-il! what a lot he has! Y —; there to be, to be the matter. Il ne saurait y — de différence; there can be no difference. Il y en a de noirs; there are some black ones. C’est une femme comme il n’y en a point; she has not her like, her match. Il y a plus; nay, more. Il y en a encore; there is still some left. Il y a de quoi; there is enough, or good reason to. Il n’y a pas de quoi; don’t name or mention it; there is no offense. Je suis venu ici il y a deux mois; I came here two months ago. Il n’y a tel que d’en; money makes the man. Il y a un an qu’il est mort; he has been dead a year. Il y a deux mois que je suis ici; I have been here two months. Il y a une heure que nous écrivons; we have been writing for the last hour. Combien y a-t-il de Paris à Londres? how far is it from Paris to London? En — à; to owe a grudge to. — dans la main; to hold in the hollow of one’s hand. — la parole; to be entitled to speak, to be in possession of the House. Vous avez la main, le dé, la boule; it is your turn to play (at cards, at dice, at billiards).
avoir, n.m., possessions, substance, property, what one is worth; (com.) credit, creditor, creditor-side. Voilà tout mon —; this is all I have.
avoir du poids, n.m., (n.p.) avoirdupois.
avoisinant, -e, adj., neighboring, adjoining, close by.
avoisiné, part., with neighbors. Être bien or mal —; to have good or bad neighbors.
☉avoisinement (-mān), n.m., nearness, proximity.
avoisiner, v.a., to border upon, to be situated near, to be contiguous to.
avorté, -e, adj., abortive, miscarried; (bot.) abortive; frustrated, baffled; imperfect.
avortement, n.m., abortion, miscarriage, failure.