ave
Spanish, noun
ave is spelled A-V-E (3 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,704th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ave is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, AVE is a different word: “high-speed rail, high-speed train”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Animal vertebrado, ovíparo, de respiración pulmonar y sangre de temperatura constante, pico córneo, cuerpo…”.
What does ave mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebird
- 2
femininefowl, poultry
interjection
- 1
hello, hail
noun
- 1
Spainfemininehigh-speed train
Cogeremos el ave el día 23 por la tarde.
noun
- 1
Spainmasculinehigh-speed rail, high-speed train
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal vertebrado, ovíparo, de respiración pulmonar y sangre de temperatura constante, pico córneo, cuerpo cubierto de plumas, con dos patas y dos alas aptas por lo común para el vuelo. En el estado embrionario tiene amnios y alantoides 2. Dícese de la carne de estos animales empleada como alimento, especialmente la de pollo, gallina, pato, pavo o perdiz.
abbreviation: 1. Alta Velocidad Española
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ave
- aves plural
- AVEs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ave in Spanish?
ave appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).