Averroës Syllabification: (A·ver·ro·ës)Pronunciation: /əˈverōˌēz, ˌavəˈrō-ēz/Definition of Averroës (circa 1126–98), Islamic philosopher, judge, and physician, born in Spain; Arabic name ibn-Rushd. His highly influential commentaries on Aristotle sought to reconcile the Greek philosophical tradition with the Arabic. Averroës in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Averroës in the British & World English dictionary