advis

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • advies (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))
  • adpis (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch advies, from Middle Dutch avijs, from Old French avis, from the phrase ce m'est a vis ("in my view"), where vis is from Latin visum (vision, image)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔat.fɪs/
  • Rhymes: -fɪs
  • Hyphenation: ad‧vis

Noun

advis

  1. (dated, possibly obsolete) advice, exhortation
    Synonym: saran
  2. (finance) Remittance advice, a formal statement indicating financial transactions

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French avis, with the d added back to reflect the hypothetical Latin advisum.

Noun

advis m (plural advis)

  1. opinion

Descendants

  • French: avis
    • Norwegian Bokmål: advis
    • Norwegian Bokmål: avis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French avis and Middle French advis. Doublet of avis.

Noun

advis m (definite singular advisen, indefinite plural advis, definite plural advisene)

  1. advice (note)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French avis and Middle French advis.

Noun

advis m (definite singular advisen, indefinite plural advisar, definite plural advisane)

  1. advice (note)

References