noun, masculine/a.va.taʁ/plural: avatars
avatar; misadventures, incidents
Synonyms: aléa, vicissitude, péripétie, bouleversement
From Hindustani अवतार / 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 तरति (√tṝ, “to cross”).