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aval

French, noun/a.val/

aval is spelled A-V-A-L (4 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written French, the 8,672nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aval is a French masculine noun meaning “downstream area, lower reaches (of river)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Côté vers lequel descend un cours d’eau, à l’inverse de l’amont”.

What does aval mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinedownstream area, lower reaches (of river)

noun

  1. 1

    masculineapproval, endorsement

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Côté vers lequel descend un cours d’eau, à l’inverse de l’amont. 2. Après. 3. Abréviation de « aval des urgences » ; désigne les services de l’hôpital pouvant accueillir les patients passés par le service d’accueil des urgences, selon la pathologie diagnostiquée.

noun: 1. Souscription qu’un tiers met au bas d’un effet de commerce et par laquelle il s’oblige d’en payer le montant, s’il n’est pas acquitté par celui qui a souscrit ou accepté l’effet. 2. Approbation par une autorité quelconque.

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 aval

  • avals plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce aval?

  • /a.val/
  • \a.val\
  • [a.val]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to aval

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is aval in French?

aval appears 7.1 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).

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