Meaning

6 senses
  1. (Hinduism)An incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu.

    Avatar, Avatara, Herabkunft

    авата́раavatára, авата́рavatár, воплоще́ниеvoploščénije

    аватарavatar, аватараavatara

    the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form

  2. A representation within a dimension of an entity that exists outside of that dimension.

    (broadly)One which serves to act in place of or on behalf of the entity; a simulacrum.

    Verkörperung

    воплоще́ниеvoploščénije, авата́рavatár

    втіленняvtilennja, персоніфікаціяpersonifikacija

  3. One which serves to act in place of or on behalf of the entity; a simulacrum.

    (broadly)The embodiment of an idea or concept; an instantiation, especially an incarnation or personification.

    a new personification of a familiar idea

  4. A representation within a dimension of an entity that exists outside of that dimension.

    (broadly)One which serves as the means through which the entity interacts with its environment; a player character or host.

  5. One which serves as the identifying token for the entity within the dimension.

    (broadly)A graphical representation of a user or persona; used in reference to any digital environment, but especially nonmetaversal ones.

    Avatar

    авата́рavatár

    аватарavatar

  6. (broadly)A character model, used virtually as an emulation of a user or their persona.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. I like your avatar.

    Мені подобається твій аватар.

    ruМне нравится твой аватар.

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  2. Tom didn't understand why Mary chose an elephant as her online avatar.

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  3. I've just changed my avatar.

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  4. I don't like that avatar.

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  5. Why did you change your avatar?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
earthly incarnation of a deity:
personification or simulacrum:
Русский
By meaning 1
earthly incarnation of a deity:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
earthly incarnation of a deity:
personification or simulacrum:

Origin

Borrowed from Hindustani अवतार (avtār) / اوتار (avtār), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “des

Borrowed from Hindustani अवतार (avtār) / اوتار (avtār), from Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra, “descent of a deity from a heaven”), a compound of अव (ava, “off, away, down”) and the vṛddhi-stem of the root तॄ (tṝ, “to cross”) (whence तरति (tarati)). First attested in c. 1784 in The Hindu Wife or The Enchanted Fruit, by William Jones.

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Forms

plural: avatars
Singularavatar
Pluralavatars

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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