advocat

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advocātus.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /əb.voˈkat/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /əb.buˈkat/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ab.voˈkat/
  • Rhymes: -at

Noun

advocat m (plural advocats, feminine advocada)

  1. lawyer
    • 1803, Joaquín Esteve, Joseph Belvitges y Antonio Juglà y Font, Diccionario catalán-castellano-latino, book 1, p. 13
      ADVOCAT. s. m. jursiconsult. Abogado. Causidicus Advocatus.
    • 1839, Diccionari Català-Castellà-Llatí-Frances-Italià, book 1, p. 48
      ADVOCAD. s. m. Lo professòr de jurisprudencia, que ab títol llegítim defensa en judici per escrit ó de paraula. Abogado. Causarum patronus. Avocat. Avvocato, giurisconsulto.
    • 1886, Antoni Careta y Vidal, Barbrismes y vulgarismes que malmeten la llengua catalana, p. 5
      Abogat.—Advocat.

Verb

advocat m (feminine advocada, masculine plural advocats, feminine plural advocades)

  1. past participle of advocar

Further reading


Latin

Verb

advocat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of advocō

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin advocātus.

Noun

advocat m (plural advocats)

  1. lawyer

Descendants

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