avis
French, noun/a.vi/
avis is spelled A-V-I-S (4 letters) and appears 162 times per million words in written French, the 504th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Avis is a French masculine noun meaning “opinion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ce que l’on pense et aussi ce que l’on en dit ; opinion”.
What does avis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineopinion
- 2
masculinepiece of advice
- 3
masculinenotice
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ce que l’on pense et aussi ce que l’on en dit ; opinion. 2. Communication publique ; avertissement ; annonce. 3. Conseil ; délibération. 4. Opinion ou suffrage de chaque juge lors du jugement d’une affaire.
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.
How do you pronounce avis?
- /a.vi/
- \a.vi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to avis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is avis in French?
avis appears 162 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).