aviné

See also: avine

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.vi.ne/
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Participle

aviné (feminine avinée, masculine plural avinés, feminine plural avinées)

  1. past participle of aviner

Adjective

aviné (feminine avinée, masculine plural avinés, feminine plural avinées) (literary)

  1. inebriated
  2. (by extension) drunken, of a drunk person
    • 2014, Édouard Louis, En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule [The End of Eddy], Le Seuil:
      Et leur haleine avinée quand ils me parlaient et couvraient mon visage de postillons, comme peuvent le faire des hommes ivres, []
      And the smell of drink on their breath when they spoke to me and covered my face in spittle, as drunk men often do []

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