lav

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æv

Noun

lav (plural lavs)

  1. (Britain, slang) Clipping of lavatory.
    Please, miss, I need to go to the lav.

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

Aneityum

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama lav (“to laugh”).

Verb

lav

  1. to laugh

References

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lágr (whence also English low and Norwegian Bokmål låg/lav)

Adjective

lav

  1. low
Inflection
Inflection of lav
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular lav lavere lavest2
Neuter singular lavt lavere lavest2
Plural lave lavere lavest2
Definite attributive1 lave lavere laveste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lag (“layer”) (plural lǫg (“legal”)).

Noun

lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite lav)

  1. guild
Inflection

Etymology 3

From Old Norse lafa (“to dangle”)

Noun

lav c (singular definite laven, plural indefinite laver)

or

lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite laver)

  1. lichen
Inflection

Verb

lav

  1. imperative of lave

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lágr and Danish lav

Alternative forms

Adjective

lav (neuter singular lavt, definite singular and plural lave, comparative lavere, indefinite superlative lavest, definite superlative laveste)

  1. low
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Related to the verb lave

Noun

lav m (definite singular laven, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lavene)
lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lava or lavene)

  1. lichen

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb lave

Noun

lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural lav, definite plural lava)

  1. lichen

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lâʋ/

Noun

lȁv m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)

  1. lion (mammal)
  2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

lav c

  1. lichen
  2. bench in sauna

Declension

Declension of lav 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lav laven lavar lavarna
Genitive lavs lavens lavars lavarnas

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • lavskrika

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English love.

Noun

lav

  1. love

Volapük

Noun

lav (plural lavs)

  1. wash, washing (the action or activity)

Declension

Derived terms

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