ave

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) An Ave Maria.
 * 2) A reverential salutation.
 * 1) A reverential salutation.

Etymology 2
Abbreviation.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) discipline, keeping in check

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1) Ave Maria

Etymology 3
From.

Verb

 * 1) discipline, check, restrain

Etymology
From.

Adverb

 * 1) grandfatherly in the manner or way of a grandfather

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) grandmother

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) bird

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) bird

Etymology 2
From.

Interjection

 * 1) hail

Etymology
From.

Interjection

 * 1) hail

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  bird

Etymology 1
Borrowed with an unspelled /h/ from, cognate to 🇨🇬, and as from 🇨🇬, from Semitic root ḥ-w-y (live). The form might have been contaminated by Etymology 2, especially as the latter one's long vowel also ended up short via iambic shortening; this would explain the reluctance to spell the aspirate, as well as its interpretation as a verb form. Attested since Plautus.

Pronunciation

 * Note: around the 1st c. a.D., the current pronunciation remained the etymological, with the long-vowel unaspirated form possible as a literary affectation, or as a poetic license.
 * Note: around the 1st c. a.D., the current pronunciation remained the etymological, with the long-vowel unaspirated form possible as a literary affectation, or as a poetic license.
 * Note: around the 1st c. a.D., the current pronunciation remained the etymological, with the long-vowel unaspirated form possible as a literary affectation, or as a poetic license.

Interjection

 * 1) hail, hello, farewell, greetings! (a formal expression of greeting)
 * Aue Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.
 * Aue Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.

Usage notes

 * Outside of grammarians, the plural is attested only once in Apuleius, who is known for affecting archaisms. This suggests that this greeting didn't usually inflect for number, reflecting its originally being an interjection and not a verbal form; nevertheless, it was eventually widely interpreted as the latter.
 * The other verbal forms cited by grammarians are the future imperative,  etc., and the infinitive in the circumlocution    (after the same use with  and the very rare ).

Derived terms

 * (h)avētō

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) An Ave Maria

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) An Ave Maria

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Noun

 * aue nen beſta dele non comiu per ren.
 * Neither bird nor beast would eat him for anything.
 * aue nen beſta dele non comiu per ren.
 * Neither bird nor beast would eat him for anything.

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  introduces a formal greeting
 * Entre aue eua gran departimenta.
 * (Entre Av'e Eva gran departiment'a)
 * Between ave and Eve there is a great difference.
 * Between ave and Eve there is a great difference.

Etymology
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Etymology 1
From, from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) bird

Etymology 2
From, from.

Interjection

 * 1) hail introduces a formal greeting

Derived terms

 * (from 'ave Maria!' short form)
 * (from 'ave Maria!' short form)

Etymology
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Etymology 1
, from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) bird
 * 2)  fowl, poultry
 * 1)  fowl, poultry

Usage notes

 * Ave is also the scientific term, while pájaro is used more in common speech for the smaller birds.

Hyponyms

 * See also Category:es:Birds.

Etymology 2
, from.

Interjection

 * 1)  hello, hail

Etymology 3
From the acronym AVE (Alta Velocidad Española), meaning high-speed train (written mostly all caps).

Noun

 * 1)  train

Alternative forms

 * (when not preceding a verb)

Pronoun

 * 1) First-person exclusive plural pronoun: they (many) and I, them (many) and me