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avoir

French → English

verb/avwaʁ/

(possession) to have; to possess or be in a relationship with something or someone

La Mongolie n'a que deux voisins : la Russie et la Chine.

(English) Mongolia has only two neighbors: Russia and China.

Pierre a deux filles qui étudient à l'université locale.

(English) Pierre has two daughters who study at the local university.

noun/avwaʁ/

(finance) assets; possessions and wealth belonging to a person or entity

Il a perdu tout son avoir lors de la crise économique.

(English) He lost all his assets during the economic crisis.

La banque a décidé de geler tous les avoirs de la compagnie.

(English) The bank decided to freeze all the company's assets.

Entry ID: fr:en:avoir · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary