ave
Portuguese, noun/ˈa.vi/
ave is spelled A-V-E (3 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,721st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ave is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ave mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebird
Todas as aves têm asas.
interjection
- 1
hail (introduces a formal greeting)
Ave César!
- 2
clipping of ave Maria
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa saudação (salve!) 2. expressa espanto
noun: 1. animal vertebrado, ovíparo, recoberto de penas, de bico córneo, sem dentes, e cujos membros posteriores servem para marcha, sendo os anteriores transformados em asas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ave
- aves plural
- avezinha diminutive
- avezona augmentative
- ave! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ave?
- Brazil /ˈa.vi/
- Portugal /ˈa.vɨ/
- Portugal /ˈa.bɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ave
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ave in Portuguese?
ave appears 14 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).