Avi

name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An avatar displayed by a user's profile on a social networking site. Internet, informal
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Hebrew.

    "“This is different than anything we’ve faced before,” said Avi Hasson, the CEO of Start-Up Nation Central (SNC), a non-profit that promotes Israel’s tech industry globally."

  2. 2
    Initialism of Audio Video Interleave. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

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ornitho-

Antonyms

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wmv

Example

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"Could such respectable figures as Ilan Pappe, Noam Chomsky, and Avi Shlaim be considered as anti-Semite?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Hebrew אבי (ávi).

Etymology 2

From avatar + -ie.

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