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語源

From French avant-garde (“vanguard”)

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /æˈvãt.ɡɑː(ɹ)d/, /ˈævn̩t.ɡɑː(ɹ)d/

名詞

avant-garde (複数形 avant-gardes)

1. (obsolete) The vanguard of an army or other force.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book I.15:

     Lyonses and Pharyaunce had the aduant garde, and they two knyghtes mette with kyng Idres and his felauship, and there began a grete medele of brekyng of speres and smytynge of swerdys with sleynge of men and horses.

2. Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.

形容詞

avant-garde (comparative more avant-garde, superlative most avant-garde)

1. Innovative, pioneering, especially when extremely or obviously so.

   It was a very avant-garde production.

同意語

• trendy
• underground
• See also WikiSaurus:innovation

参考

• leading edge

形容詞

avantgarde (comparative more avantgarde, superlative most avantgarde)

1. Alternative form of avant-garde