aave

Other forms of aave

plural

aaves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aave

What does aave mean?

aave means "a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States".

How many syllables are in aave?

aave has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for aave?

Close synonyms include African American Vernacular English, African American English, Black English, Black English Vernacular, Black Vernacular. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aave a common word?

aave is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.