lava

See also: Lava, láva, lavá, lavâ, låvå, and lava-

English

Etymology

From Italian lava (“lava”), originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, from lavare (“to wash”). See etymology for the English verb lave.

Pronunciation

  • (US), (UK) enPR: läʹvə, IPA(key): /ˈlɑːvə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈlævə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːvə

Noun

lava (countable and uncountable, plural lavas)

  1. The molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
  2. (informal, proscribed) Magma.
  3. A shade of red, named after the volcanic lava.
    lava colour:  

Usage notes

Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

lava f (plural laves)

  1. lava

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Italian lava.

Noun

lava

  1. lava

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Hyphenation: la‧va

Noun

lava c (uncountable)

  1. lava

Estonian

Noun

lava (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

  1. stage

Finnish

Etymology

From Old East Slavic лава (lava), from Proto-Slavic *lava

Noun

lava

  1. bed (platform of a truck or other vehicle that supports the load)
  2. platform (raised stage for speeches etc.)
  3. stage (in a theatre etc.)

Declension

Inflection of lava (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative lava lavat
genitive lavan lavojen
partitive lavaa lavoja
illative lavaan lavoihin
singular plural
nominative lava lavat
accusative nom. lava lavat
gen. lavan
genitive lavan lavojen
lavainrare
partitive lavaa lavoja
inessive lavassa lavoissa
elative lavasta lavoista
illative lavaan lavoihin
adessive lavalla lavoilla
ablative lavalta lavoilta
allative lavalle lavoille
essive lavana lavoina
translative lavaksi lavoiksi
instructive — lavoin
abessive lavatta lavoitta
comitative — lavoineen

Compounds

Anagrams

French

Verb

lava

  1. third-person singular past historic of laver

Anagrams

Galician

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

  1. lava

Italian

Verb

lava

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lavare
  2. second-person singular imperative of lavare

Noun

lava f (plural lave)

  1. lava

Latin

Verb

lavā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of lavō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect)

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

  1. (geology) lava
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Noun

lava m, n

  1. definite neuter plural of lav

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Italian lava (Neapolitan dialect)

Noun

lava m (definite singular lavaen, indefinite plural lavaer, definite plural lavaene)

  1. (geology) lava

Etymology 2

Noun

lava n

  1. definite plural of lav

References

Portuguese

lava

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈla.va/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈla.vɐ/
  • Hyphenation: la‧va
  • Rhymes: -avɐ

Etymology 1

From Italian (Neapolitan or Calabrese dialect), lava (“a torrent of rain which washed the streets”), from Latin lavō (“I wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

  1. lava (melted rock)

Etymology 2

Verb

lava

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of lavar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of lavar

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

láva f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ва)

  1. (geology) lava

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian (Neapolitan dialect) lava (“lava”), from lavare (“to wash”).

Noun

lava f (plural lavas)

  1. lava
  2. washing

Verb

lava

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of lavar.

Veps

Etymology

Related to Finnish lava.

Noun

lava

  1. floor
  2. platform

Inflection

Inflection of lava
nominative sing. lava
genitive sing. lavan
partitive sing. lavad
partitive plur. lavoid
singular plural
nominative lava lavad
accusative lavan lavad
genitive lavan lavoiden
partitive lavad lavoid
essive-instructive lavan lavoin
translative lavaks lavoikš
inessive lavas lavoiš
elative lavaspäi lavoišpäi
illative ? lavoihe
adessive laval lavoil
ablative lavalpäi lavoilpäi
allative lavale lavoile
abessive lavata lavoita
comitative lavanke lavoidenke
prolative lavadme lavoidme
approximative I lavanno lavoidenno
approximative II lavannoks lavoidennoks
egressive lavannopäi lavoidennopäi
terminative I ? lavoihesai
terminative II lavalesai lavoilesai
terminative III lavassai —
additive I ? lavoihepäi
additive II lavalepäi lavoilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “площадка, пол, помост”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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