AV
See also: Appendix:Variations of "av"
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Abbreviation
Noun edit
AV (plural AVs)
- Initialism of alternative vote.
- (computing) Initialism of access violation.
- Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
- (grammar) Initialism of auxiliary verb.
- Initialism of anti-virus.
Proper noun edit
AV
- Initialism of Authorized Version: a translation of the Bible.
- in the AV of the OT
Adjective edit
AV (not comparable)
- Initialism of audiovisual.
- AV education; AV room
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of atrioventricular.
- AV block; AV node
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of arteriovenous.
- AV anastomosis; AV fistula
- (mortuary technology) Abbreviation of anal/vaginal.
- AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage
Etymology 2 edit
From French auxiliaire+voler.
Noun edit
AV (plural AVs)
Coordinate terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Japanese AV (AV) (アダルトビデオ), from English adult+video.
Noun edit
AV (plural AVs)
- (in Japan, pornography) Initialism of adult video, i.e. video pornography
Related terms edit
- (adult video): JAV
References edit
- “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 edit
Chinese edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From English AV (“audiovisual”).
Adjective edit
AV
Synonyms edit
- 影音 (yǐngyīn)
Etymology 2 edit
From Japanese AV (AV, “pornographic video”).
Noun edit
AV
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Alternative forms edit
- △▽ — filter avoidance / slang
Noun edit
- (pornography) アダルトビデオ: an adult video, a pornographic video
- 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:
- 新製品開発によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではRV(レジャー用多目的車)が伸びたこと、家電ソニー(二七位)のミニディスクなどのデジタルAV
- 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
- 新製品開発によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではRV(レジャー用多目的車)が伸びたこと、家電ソニー(二七位)のミニディスクなどのデジタルAV
- 2007 April 23, Kenshi Hirokane, “Step 5: Five O'Clock World 1”, in ヤング島耕作 主任編, volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, pages 72–73:
- 僕はこのポスターは好きですね 好きだけど……何のCM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?
- 実は そこがポイントなんです 商品訴求をあえて隠して初芝AV機器のイメージだけを出したいんです
- 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
- 僕はこのポスターは好きですね 好きだけど……何のCMかわからないんじゃないですか?
- アニマルビデオ: a video of animals
Descendants edit
Korean edit
Etymology edit
From Japanese AV (AV) (アダルトビデオ), from English adult+video.
Noun edit
AV
- (pornography) adult video, video pornography