adjective · rare

avant-garde

avant-garde · more avant-garde · most avant-garde

авангардний, авангардистський

авангардный, авангардистский

avantgardistisch

Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously soInnovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.

UK/æˈvɑ̃t.ɡɑːd/US/ˌɑˌvɑntˈɡɑɹd/

Meaning

1 senses

Innovative and pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.
It was a very avant-garde production.
avantgardistisch
авангарди́стскийavangardístskij, аванга́рдныйavangárdnyj
авангарди́стськийavanhardýstsʹkyj, аванга́рднийavanhárdnyj

More definitions

radically new or original

Translations

6 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

innovative and pioneering:

Русский

By meaning 1

innovative and pioneering:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

innovative and pioneering:

Origin

From Middle English advaunte-garde, avauntgard, from Old French avangarde, avant-garde, av

From Middle English advaunte-garde, avauntgard, from Old French avangarde, avant-garde, avantgarde, from avant (“before; in front”) + garde (“guard”). Doublet of vanguard and vaward

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