vau
English edit
Noun edit
vau (plural vaus)
- Alternative spelling of vav
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Verb edit
vau
- (auxiliary, with infinitive) second-person plural present indicative of anar
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English wow. Probably originally slang; used at least since the 1970s.
Interjection edit
vau (informal)
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Further reading edit
- “vau”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
Interjection edit
vau
- (often repeated) Synonym of hau (“bark, woof”)
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Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
An onomatopoeia.
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vau
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Italian edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
vau m or f (invariable)
- waw, specifically:
- the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤅
- the name of the Hebrew-script letter ו
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Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.
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vau
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”),[1][2] from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aw
- Hyphenation: vau
Noun edit
vau m (plural vaus)
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References edit
- ^ “vau” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “vau” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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vau