1. Incarnation d'un dieu.
2. Métamorphose.
3. Accident.
ETYM Skr. avatâra descent; ava from + root tar to cross, pass over.
The manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form.
Incarnation of deity, especially Hindu; manifestation; deification.
In Hindu mythology, the descent of a deity to Earth in a visible form, for example the ten avatars of Vishnu.