avent
French, noun
avent is spelled A-V-E-N-T (5 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 29,681st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avent is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of Avent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Avent is a different word: “Advent (season before Christmas)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de Avent (écriture plus courante de nos jours)”.
What does avent mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative letter-case form of Avent
noun
- 1
masculineAdvent (season before Christmas)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Temps pendant lequel les chrétiens se préparent à célébrer la fête de Noël.
noun: 1. Variante de Avent (écriture plus courante de nos jours).
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 avent
- avent alternative uncommon
- avents plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is avent in French?
avent appears 1.1 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).