AV

See also: Appendix:Variations of "av"

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

Noun

AV (plural AVs)

1. Initialism of alternative vote.
2. (computing) Initialism of access violation.
3. Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
4. (grammar) Initialism of auxiliary verb.
5. Initialism of anti-virus.

Proper noun

AV

1. Initialism of Authorized Version: a translation of the Bible.

   in the AV of the OT

Adjective

AV (not comparable)

1. Initialism of audiovisual.

   AV education;  AV room

2. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of atrioventricular.

   AV block;  AV node

3. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of arteriovenous.

   AV anastomosis;  AV fistula

4. (mortuary technology) Abbreviation of anal/vaginal.

   AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage

Etymology 2

From French auxiliaire+voler.

Noun

AV (plural AVs)

1. (US, military, nautical) Initialism of Auxiliary Voler - a naval aircraft transport

Coordinate terms

• (aircraft transport): AVP, CV, CVE, CVL, CVN

Etymology 3

From Japanese AV (アダルトビデオ), from English adult+video.

Noun

AV (plural AVs)

1. (in Japan, pornography) Initialism of adult video, i.e. video pornography

Related terms

• (adult video): JAV

References

• “AV”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “AV”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• V/A, VA, Va, Va., v. a.

Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēi-wēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄟ ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ei¹ wi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēi-wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eiwei
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹-wei¹
    • Yale: ēi-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eiuei
    • Palladius: эйвэй (ejvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ei¹ wi¹
    • Yale: ēi wī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ei¹ wi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: éi¹ wi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei̯⁵⁵ wiː⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

From English AV (“audiovisual”).

Adjective

AV

1. audiovisual

Synonyms

• 影音 (yǐngyīn)

Etymology 2

From Japanese AV (“pornographic video”).

Noun

AV

1. (pornography) pornographic video; porn

Synonyms

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Synonyms of AV

• A片 (ēipiàn)
• 四仔 (Cantonese)
• 毛片 (máopiàn)
• 白片 (Fuzhou)
• 色情片 (sèqíngpiàn)
• 三級片／三级片 (sānjípiàn) (Hong Kong)
• 小電影／小电影 (xiǎodiànyǐng)

• 情慾片／情欲片
• 愛情動作片／爱情动作片 (àiqíng dòngzuòpiàn) (euphemistic)
• 成人電影／成人电影 (chéngrén diànyǐng)
• 鹹片／咸片 (Cantonese)
• 黃片／黄片 (huángpiàn)
• 黃色影片／黄色影片 (huángsè yǐngpiàn)
• 黃色電影／黄色电影 (huángsè diànyǐng)

Dialectal synonyms of 色情片 (“pornographic film”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		色情片
Mandarin	Taiwan	A片, AV, 動作片, 謎片
	Singapore	色情片
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鹹片, 三級片, A片, AV, 愛情動作片, 甜片, 三仔, 四仔 uncensored
Wu	Shanghai	三級片, 毛片

Derived terms

• AV畫質／AV画质 (ēi-wēi huàzhì)

Japanese

Noun

AV(エーブイ) • (ēbui) 

1. (pornography) アダルトビデオ: an adult video, a pornographic video
   • 2007 January 25, Shiozaki, Yūji, “第七拾五話 [Chapter 75]”, in 一騎当千 [One vs. Thousands], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:

     お——こないだ観(み)た　Ａ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)にそーゆーのあったあった

     O—— Konaida mita ēbui ni sōyū no atta atta

     Woah... I saw this exact shit in a porno just the other day.

2. audiovisual equipment; an audiovisual format

   Synonym: オーディオ・ビジュアル (“ōdio bijuaru”)

   • 1998, Oyamada Ryōzō, Sekai o sasaeru Nihon gijutsu [Japanese products that sustain the world]‎^[1], page 21:

     新(しん)製(せい)品(ひん)開(かい)発(はつ)によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではＲ(アル)Ｖ(ブイ)(レジャー用(よう)多(た)目(もく)的(てき)車(くるま))が伸(の)びたこと、家(か)電(でん)ソニー（二(にじゅう)七(なな)位(い)）のミニディスクなどのデジタルＡ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)

     Shinseihin kaihatsu ni yoru mono deari, Toyota ya Honda de wa arubui (rejā yō tamokuteki kuruma) ga nobita koto, kaden Sonī (nijūnanai) no Minidisuku nado no dejitaru ēbui

     This is due to the growth of new product development, such as SUVs (sport utility multipurpose vehicles) from Toyota and Honda, and home electronics such as Sony’s (27th place) Minidisk digital audio player

   • 2007 April 23, Hirokane, Kenshi, “Step 5: Five O'Clock World 1”, in ヤング島耕作　主任編 [Young Shima Kōsaku: Manager Arc], volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, page 72–73:

     僕(ぼく)はこのポスターは好(す)きですね　好(す)きだけど……何(なん)のＣ(シー)Ｍ(エム)かわからないんじゃないですか？

     Boku wa kono posutā wa suki desu ne Suki da kedo…… Nan no shīemu ka wakaranai n ja nai desu ka?

     I like this poster… But we still don’t know what the commercial’s gonna be like, no?

     実(じつ)は　そこがポイントなんです　商(しょう)品(ひん)訴(そ)求(きゅう)をあえて隠(かく)して初(はつ)芝(しば )Ａ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)機( き)器(き)のイメージだけを出(だ)したいんです

     Jitsu wa soko ga pointo na n desu Shōhin sokyū o aete kakushite Hatsushiba ēbui kiki no imēji dake o dashitai n desu

     That’s the point, actually. We want to keep the product’s appeal secret and just put out an image of Hatsushiba AV equipment.

     なるほど

     Naruhodo

     I see

3. アニマルビデオ: a video of animals

Descendants

• → Chinese: AV (ēi-wēi), A片 (ēipiàn)
• → Korean: AV
• → English: JAV

Korean

Etymology

From Japanese AV (アダルトビデオ), from English adult+video.

Noun

AV

1. (pornography) adult video, video pornography