Ave

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːveɪ/, /ˈæveɪ/, /ˈeɪvi/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːveɪ, -æveɪ, -eɪvi

Ave (plural Aves)

1. An Ave Maria.
   • 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 78:

     Ogier, thinkiag it is the Virgin Mary, commences an Ave; but the lady tells him she is Morgue la faye, who at his birth had kissed him, and retained him for her loyal amoureux, though forgotten by him.

• Eva, EVA, AEV, Vea, eva, eva', EAV, VAE, vae

Anagram of Eva, also associated with ava (“open”) as in avameelne (“openhearted”).

Ave

1. a female given name

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːve/

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Ave n (strong, genitive Ave or Aves, plural Ave or Aves)

1. ellipsis of Ave-Maria (“ave, Hail Mary”)
   • 1971, Günter Grass, “Die Vogelscheuchen”, in Gesammelte Gedichte, Luchterhand, page 104:

     weiß nicht, ob alte Jacken, alte Hosen, / wenn sie mit Löffeln in den Dosen / rostig und blechern windwärts läuten, / zur Vesper, ob zum Ave läuten, / zum Aufstand aller Vogelscheuchen läuten

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• “Ave” in Duden online

Inherited from Latin Avus. Ultimately from Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“body of water”).

• Homophone: ave
• Hyphenation: A‧ve

Ave m

1. Ave (a river in Portugal)

• Vizela