vanguard

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvanˌɡɑːd/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈvænˌɡɑɹd/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈvɛənˌɡɑɹd] /æ/ raising
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• Australian: /ˈveːnˌɡɐːd/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈvɛnˌɡɐːd/
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• rhymes with -ænɡɑː(ɹ)d
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• CMU ARPABET: V AE1 N G AA2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Earlier forms included vandgard and (a)vantgard with or without aphetism, derived from Old French avan(t)garde (“before guard”). Doublet of avant-garde and vaward.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa) — leading units of an army
• Belarusian: аванга́рд (avanhárd) — leading units of an army
• Bulgarian: аванга́рд (avangárd) — leading units of an army
• Catalan: avantguarda — leading units of an army
• Chinese Mandarin: 先鋒 /先锋 (xiānfēng) — leading units of an army
• Chinese Mandarin: 先頭部隊 /先头部队 (xiāntóu bùduì) — leading units of an army
• Chinese Mandarin: 尖兵 (jiānbīng) — leading units of an army
• Chinese Mandarin: 前衛 /前卫 (qiánwèi) — leading units of an army
• Crimean Tatar: avangard — leading units of an army
• Czech: předvoj — leading units of an army
• Danish: fortrop — leading units of an army
• Dutch: voorhoede — leading units of an army
• Esperanto: avano — leading units of an army
• Finnish: etujoukot — leading units of an army
• French: avant-garde — leading units of an army
• Galician: dianteira — leading units of an army
• Galician: vangarda — leading units of an army
• Georgian: ავანგარდი (avangardi) — leading units of an army
• German: Vorhut — leading units of an army
• Greek: εμπροσθοφυλακή (emprosthofylakí) — leading units of an army
• Hebrew: חיל החלוץ — leading units of an army
• Irish: urgharda — leading units of an army
• Italian: avanguardia — leading units of an army
• Italian: prima linea — leading units of an army
• Japanese: 前衛 (zen'ei) — leading units of an army
• Korean: 전위 (jeonwi) — leading units of an army
• Latvian: avangards — leading units of an army
• Latvian: priekšpulks — leading units of an army
• Macedonian: претхо́дница (prethódnica) — leading units of an army
• Macedonian: аванга́рда (avangárda) — leading units of an army
• Macedonian: пре́тстража (prétstraža) — leading units of an army
• Māori: pīpī — leading units of an army
• Norwegian: fortropp — leading units of an army
• Persian: یزک (yazak) — leading units of an army
• Persian: طلایه (talâye) — leading units of an army
• Persian: پیشگام (pišgâm) — leading units of an army
• Persian: پیشتاز (pištâz) — leading units of an army
• Polish: awangarda — leading units of an army
• Polish: straż przednia — leading units of an army
• Portuguese: vanguarda — leading units of an army
• Portuguese: anteguarda — leading units of an army
• Romanian: avangardă — leading units of an army
• Romanian: antegardă — leading units of an army
• Russian: аванга́рд (avangárd) — leading units of an army
• Scottish Gaelic: toiseach — leading units of an army
• Serbo-Croatian: predstraža — leading units of an army
• Slovak: predvoj — leading units of an army
• Spanish: vanguardia — leading units of an army
• Swedish: förtrupp — leading units of an army
• Tagalog: taliba — leading units of an army
• Tamil: முன்னணி (muṉṉaṇi) — leading units of an army
• Tocharian B: ānte — leading units of an army
• Ukrainian: аванга́рд (avanhárd) — leading units of an army
• Yiddish: אַוואַנגאַרד (avangard) — leading units of an army
• Arabic: طَلِيعَة (ṭalīʕa) — forefront of any group or movement
• Bulgarian: аванга́рд (avangárd) — forefront of any group or movement
• Catalan: avantguarda — forefront of any group or movement
• Chinese Mandarin: 先鋒 /先锋 (xiānfēng) — forefront of any group or movement
• Chinese Mandarin: 先驅 /先驱 (xiānqū) — forefront of any group or movement
• Chinese Mandarin: 前沿 (qiányán) — forefront of any group or movement
• Crimean Tatar: avangard — forefront of any group or movement
• Czech: předvoj — forefront of any group or movement
• Czech: avantgarda — forefront of any group or movement
• Dutch: voorhoede — forefront of any group or movement
• Finnish: etujoukko — forefront of any group or movement
• Finnish: edelläkävijät — forefront of any group or movement
• Finnish: suunnannäyttäjät — forefront of any group or movement
• French: avant-garde — forefront of any group or movement
• German: Avantgarde — forefront of any group or movement
• German: Spitze — forefront of any group or movement
• Greek: πρωτοπορία (protoporía) — forefront of any group or movement
• Greek: αβάν-γκαρντ (aván-gkarnt) — forefront of any group or movement
• Korean: 선봉 (seonbong) — forefront of any group or movement
• Latvian: avangards — forefront of any group or movement
• Latvian: priekšpulks — forefront of any group or movement
• Macedonian: аванга́рда (avangárda) — forefront of any group or movement
• Māori: hāpai — forefront of any group or movement
• Norwegian: banebryter — forefront of any group or movement
• Norwegian: avantgarde — forefront of any group or movement
• Persian: پیشگام (pišgâm) — forefront of any group or movement
• Persian: پیشتاز (pištâz) — forefront of any group or movement
• Portuguese: vanguarda — forefront of any group or movement
• Romanian: avangardă — forefront of any group or movement
• Russian: аванга́рд (avangárd) — forefront of any group or movement
• Scottish Gaelic: toiseach — forefront of any group or movement
• Slovak: predvoj — forefront of any group or movement
• Slovak: avantgarda — forefront of any group or movement
• Spanish: vanguardia — forefront of any group or movement
• Swedish: tät — forefront of any group or movement
• Tamil: முன்னணி (muṉṉaṇi) — forefront of any group or movement