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avant

avant noun: the front of an army; the vanguard.

Noun

avant (plural avants)

  1. (obsolete) The front of an army; the vanguard.

Proper noun capitalized: Avant

Avant

  1. A surname.

avant meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

avant in Hindi

अवंत

avant in Tamil

அவந்த், அவன்ட்

avant in Marathi

अवंत

avant in Urdu

اوانٹ
More languagesFewer languages
avant in Bengali
আভান্ত
avant in Telugu
అవంత్, అవాంట్
avant in Malayalam
അവൻ്റ്
avant in Kannada
ಅವಂತ್, ಅವಂತ, ಆವಂತ್
avant in Punjabi
ਅਵਾਂਤ
avant in Gujarati
અવંત, અવન્ત
avant in Nepali
अवन्त, अवन्ट

Forms of avant

pluralavants

Origin of avant

Abbreviated from avant-garde.

Phrases with avant

Questions about avant

What does avant mean?
Avant means the front of an army; the vanguard.
What is avant in Hindi?
Avant in Hindi is अवंत. See Avant meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is avant?
Avant can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of avant?
The plural of avant is avants.

Words near avant in the dictionary

  1. avania
  2. avanias
  3. Avans
  4. Avanses
  5. Avansian
  6. avant
  7. avant basic
  8. avant la lettre
  9. avant-basic
  10. avant-corps
  11. avant-courier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: avant (page history and authors); Avant (page history and authors); avant (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); avant (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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