Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An abbreviation of
avoirdupois .
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Examples
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To have a difficulty is not, as in French, avoir de la difficulté but avoir de la misère.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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To have a difficulty is not, as in French, avoir de la difficulté but avoir de la misère.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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But most crucially of all, the French was very bad, and consistently formed the perfect tense with the verb "être" rather than the verb "avoir".
Linkspam for 6-8-2009 nwhyte 2009
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It's only poor 'avoir' which has to shift for itself.
Archive 2009-07-01 Matterhorn 2009
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It's only poor 'avoir' which has to shift for itself.
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (1895-1918) Matterhorn 2009
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Lundi donc je dois refaire faire une ordonnance le probleme c que c ferié et la pharmacienne m'a dit 'ah mais samedi vous n'aurait pas le droit de l'avoir' Mais merde c ferié lundi et le dimanche on bosse pas alors j'fais comment j'aurais pas de traitement pendant une journee!!??
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006
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He take me on his knees and say: "Parlez vous français" and he begin to recite the verb "avoir," because he know nothing more of French.
Deer Godchild Marguerite Bernard
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She is rather “avoir du poids” which is very unlike the “Barbie doll” stereotype.
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Alors transition démocratique je veux bien mais la transition est censée avoir un horizon et pour le cas du Maroc, j'ai peut-être raté un épisode, mais je ne le vois pas.
Global Voices in English » Morocco: Therapy Abroad, Apathy at Home 2009
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Français · Chine: Le droit de ne pas avoir peur polski · Chiny: prawo do życia bez strachu
Global Voices in English » China: Our right to be spared from fear 2009
glypheme commented on the word avoir
From French; means "possession or wealth."
March 15, 2014