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ave

/ˈɑːveɪ/

ave noun: a salutation. Also the abbreviation of avenue.

Noun (1)

ave (plural aves)

  1. A salutation.
  2. An Ave Maria.
    • Ye’ll come and find the place where I am lying
      And kneel and say an ave there for me.1913, “Danny Boy”, Frederic Weatherly (lyrics)

Interjection

  1. A reverential salutation.

Noun (2) capitalized: Ave

Ave (plural Aves)

  1. An Ave Maria.
    • Ogier, thinkiag it is the Virgin Mary, commences an Ave; but the lady tells him she is Morgue la faye, who at his birth had kissed him, and retained him for her loyal amoureux, though forgotten by him.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 78

Also used as

ave is also the abbreviation of avenue.

ave is also the abbreviation of average.

ave meaning in Bengali and Telugu

ave in Bengali

অ্যাভে, আভে

ave in Telugu

అవెవ్

Examples of ave in a sentence

  • Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun!
  • Both 'ere buckets 'ave 'oles in 'em.
  • C'n I 'ave a glass o' water?

All 28 example sentences with ave

Forms of ave

pluralaves
alternative formave.
pluralAves

Plural of ave: aves

Origin of ave

From Latin ave.

Abbreviation.

Phrases with ave

Words that rhyme with ave

Questions about ave

What does ave mean?
Ave means a salutation.
What is ave in Bengali?
Ave in Bengali is অ্যাভে, আভে. See Ave meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ave?
Ave can be a noun or an interjection.
How do you pronounce ave?
Ave is pronounced /ˈɑːveɪ/.
What is the plural of ave?
The plural of ave is aves.

Words near ave in the dictionary

  1. Avdics
  2. Avdiivka
  3. avdoralimab
  4. avdp
  5. avdp.
  6. ave
  7. Ave Maria
  8. Ave Marias
  9. Ave Mary
  10. Ave Marìa
  11. ave.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ave (page history and authors); Ave (page history and authors); ave (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ave (Telugu, 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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