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avants

avants is the plural of avant.

Meaning of avant

Noun

avant (plural avants)

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

See all 2 meanings of avant

Proper noun capitalized: Avants

Avants (plural Avantses)

  1. A surname.

Forms of avants

pluralAvantses

Origin of avants

Perhaps a variant of Avent.

Questions about avants

What does avants mean?
Avants means a surname.
What is avants the plural of?
Avants is the plural of avant.
What part of speech is avants?
Avants is a proper noun.

Words near avants in the dictionary

  1. avantgardists
  2. Avanthis
  3. Avanti
  4. Avantis
  5. avantpop
  6. avants
  7. Avantses
  8. avanturine
  9. avanturines
  10. Avanyo
  11. Avanyu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: avants (page history and authors); Avants (page history and authors); avant (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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