averany

Inherited from Old Catalan averany.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βəˈɾaɲ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.vəˈɾaɲ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.veˈɾaɲ]

averany m (plural averanys)

1. omen

   Synonym: auguri

• “averany”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “averany”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “averany” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “averany” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• avarany

Seemingly auyr +‎ -any, from Latin augurium and -āneus respectively. Possibly influenced in its form by the verb averar (modern adverar "affirm, demonstrate").

• IPA^(key): /aveˈɾaɲ/

averany m

1. omen

• Catalan: averany

• “averany” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.