av
French, noun
av is spelled A-V (2 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written French, the 4,746th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Av is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative form of av” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Av. is a different word: “abbreviation of avenue”. On this page, av. is a different word: “abbreviation of avant”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Onzième mois du calendrier hébraïque”.
What does av mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of av.
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of avenue
preposition
- 1
abbreviation of avant
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of avenue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Onzième mois du calendrier hébraïque.
noun: 1. Avenue.
preposition: 1. Avant. Note d’usage : Uniquement utilisée dans av. J.-C..
adverb: 1. « À vendre ».
noun: 1. Acuité visuelle ^([1]).
infix: 1. (Javanais) Infixe à fonction cryptique utilisé dans l'argot dit javanais.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of av
- ab
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is av in French?
av appears 15 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).