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AAVE

/ˈɑːveɪ

AAVE is the initialism of African-American Vernacular English.

Meaning of African-American Vernacular English

Proper noun

African-American Vernacular English

  1. A variation of Modern English spoken predominantly by lower socioeconomic class individuals of African descent, usually in urban or suburban surroundings in the United States.

Questions about AAVE

What is AAVE the initialism of?
AAVE is the initialism of African-American Vernacular English.
How do you pronounce AAVE?
AAVE is pronounced /ˈɑːveɪ.

Words near AAVE in the dictionary

  1. AAUW
  2. AAV
  3. AAV8
  4. aavakaaya
  5. aavakaya
  6. AAVE
  7. AAVs
  8. AAVSO
  9. AAW
  10. AAX
  11. AAY

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: AAVE (page history and authors); African-American Vernacular English (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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