avoir — meaning in English
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English meaning
- asset noun Something valuable that a person, company, or country owns or controls.
- be verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
- have verb To own or possess something.
- hoodwink verb To cover the eyes with, or as if with, a hood; to blindfold.
- obtain verb To get or acquire something, often through effort or a formal process.
- old adj Having existed for a long time; not new or young.
- own adj Belonging to a particular person; used to stress possession.
Senses
avoir is used for these senses in English:
- be (rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]
- burn (transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
- have (informal, often passive, transitive) To trick, to deceive.
- hoodwink To deceive using a disguise; to bewile, dupe, mislead.
- old Having existed or lived for the specified time.
- own (transitive) To have rightful possession of (property, goods or capital); to have legal title to; to acquire a property or asset.
asset — full definition
- noun Something valuable that a person, company, or country owns or controls.
- noun A useful quality, skill, or person that helps achieve something.
be — full definition
- verb To exist or to have a certain identity, quality, or state.
- verb Used with another verb to form continuing or passive actions.