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Added 10 October 2026

aval

noun

Latin root: avus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about aval at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.

adjective

Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent.

noun

Synonym of flattened rice.

Origin

From Latin avus (“grandfather”) + -al.

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