lavabo
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Christian ritual, which was traditionally accompanied in Catholicism by a recitation of Psalm 25:6 (Psalm 26:6, in the Hebrew and in most modern translations) which in Latin begins with the word lavābō (“I will wash”).[1][2] The sense of "room with a toilet" developed under the influence of lavatory and lav.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lavabo (plural lavabos or lavaboes)
- (Christianity) A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.
- Synonym: lavatory
- (Christianity) The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.
- 1870, Daniel Rock, Textile Fabrics, page 203:
- These small liturgical towels got […] the name of Lavabo cloths or Lavaboes.
- A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
- Synonym: washbasin
- 1885, Walter Horatio Peter, Marius the Epicurean, Bk. iv, Ch. xxiii:
- […] the […] pontiff, as he […] moved his hands […] at the Lavabo, or at the various benedictions […]
- (architecture) A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.
- (humorous, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom
- 1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XIV, in Strong Poision, page 177:
- Mr. Pond fussed out and she heard the door of the little lavabo in the passage open with a loud creak.
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References edit
- ^ "lavabo, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- ^ "The Book of Psalms: Chapter 25" in the Latin Vulgate.
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lavabo m (plural lavabos)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French lavabo, from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”, verb).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: la‧va‧bo
Noun edit
lavabo m (plural lavabo's, diminutive lavabootje n)
References edit
van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lavabo”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”, verb).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lavabo m (plural lavabos)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “lavabo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lavabo m (plural lavabi or invariable)
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Latin edit
Verb edit
lavābō
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”).
Noun edit
lavabo m (plural lavabos)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin lavābō (“I shall clean”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -abu
- Hyphenation: la‧va‧bo
Noun edit
lavabo m (plural lavabos)
- lavabo (washbasin, especially one used for ceremonious washing)
- Synonym: lavatório
- (chiefly in plural) lavatory (room containing a toilet)
- Synonyms: casa de banho, banheiro, lavatório, WC
Related terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lavàbō m (Cyrillic spelling лава̀бо̄)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin lavābō, first person singular future indicative of lavāre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lavabo m (plural lavabos)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “lavabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish edit
Alternative forms edit
- lavobo (misspelling)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (standard) /laˈva.bo/, (some speakers) /ɫaˈva.bo/, (in fast speech) /ˈlaːbo/, /ˈɫaːbo/
- Hyphenation: la‧va‧bo
Noun edit
lavabo (definite accusative lavaboyu, plural lavabolar)
- washbasin
- (euphemistic) toilet
- Synonym: tuvalet
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | lavabo | |
Definite accusative | lavaboyu | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | lavabo | lavabolar |
Definite accusative | lavaboyu | lavaboları |
Dative | lavaboya | lavabolara |
Locative | lavaboda | lavabolarda |
Ablative | lavabodan | lavabolardan |
Genitive | lavabonun | lavaboların |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lavabo”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lavabo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “lavabo”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lavabo”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2881