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noun, masculine

havre

/avʁ/

noun, masculine/avʁ/plural: havres

harbour (UK, Ireland, and the Commonwealth) / harbor (US); haven

Via Middle French, from Middle Dutch havene, from Old Dutch *havana, from Proto-West Germanic *habanu or more probably from Old Danish *hafn (Danish havn), from Old Norse hǫfn (“haven”), from Proto-Germanic *habnō. Cognate with English haven.