vau

See also: Vau, va'u, and väü

English

Noun

vau (plural vaus)

  1. Alternative spelling of vav

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

vau

  1. (auxiliary verb, taking an infinitive) second-person plural indicative form of anar

Finnish

Interjection

vau

  1. wow!

See also

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew וָו‎ (waw).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vau̯/, [väu̯]
  • Stress: vàu
  • Hyphenation: vau

Noun

vau m, f (invariable)

  1. waw, specifically:
    1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤅
    2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ו

Latvian

Etymology

Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.

Interjection

vau

  1. woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)
    vau, vau! Krančelis kaukdams kliedza ― woof! woof! Krančelis (= dog) cried, howling

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

Noun

vau m (plural vaus)

  1. ford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot)
  2. shoal

Synonyms

Tahitian

Pronoun

vau

  1. I, me

See also

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