Is the word ave still in use today?

Makes a swell abbreviation for 'avenue', too. Useful word that ave.

No, it's not used in English at least.

Ave is a latin word, as in "Ave Maria", meaning "Hail Mary" which the first 2 words in a well know Catholic religion prayer.



Latin Text

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus,
et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus.
Sancta Maria, Mater Dei,
ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.


English Translation

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and in the hour of our death. Amen.