lav

See also: LAV

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

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• Rhymes: -æv

Noun

lav (plural lavs)

1. (Britain, slang) Clipping of lavatory.

   Please, miss, I need to go to the lav.

2. (film, informal) Clipping of lavalier.

   When you’re recording interviews, it’s best to use a lav.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

• lavvy

Translations

non-offensive slang for a lavatory

• Finnish: vessa (fi)
• French: petit coin (fr) m

• Spanish: retrete (es) m

Anagrams

• AVL, Val, Vla., val

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Aneityum

Etymology

Borrowed from Bislama lav (“to laugh”).

Verb

lav

1. to laugh

References

• Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lágr, from Proto-Germanic *lēgaz, cognate with Norwegian låg, Swedish låg. English low is borrowed from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

Adjective

lav (neuter lavt, plural and definite singular attributive lave)

1. low

Inflection

Inflection of lav
	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Common singular	lav	lavere	lavest2
Neuter singular	lavt	lavere	lavest2
Plural	lave	lavere	lavest2
Definite attributive1	lave	lavere	laveste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lag (“layer”), from Proto-Germanic *lagą. Doublet of lag and layer (the Old Norse plural lǫg lives on in Danish lov and English law).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaw(ˀ)/, [ˈlɑw], [ˈlɑwˀ]

Noun

lav n (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite lav)

1. guild

Inflection

Declension of lav

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lav	lavet	lav	lavene
genitive	lavs	lavets	lavs	lavenes

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Norwegian lav, derived from the verb Old Norse lafa (“to dangle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaw/, [ˈlɑw]

Noun

lav c or n (singular definite laven or lavet, plural indefinite laver)

1. lichen

Inflection

Declension of lav

either gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lav	laven lavet	laver	laverne
genitive	lavs	lavens lavets	lavers	lavernes

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːˀv/, [ˈlæˀʋ], [ˈlæwˀ]

Verb

lav

1. imperative of lave

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lágr and Danish lav

Alternative forms

• låg (Nynorsk also)

Adjective

lav (neuter singular lavt, definite singular and plural lave, comparative lavere, indefinite superlative lavest, definite superlative laveste)

1. low

Derived terms

Terms derived from lav (adjective)

• lavbudsjett
• lavland
• lavlønnet

• lavsesong
• lavsko
• lavtliggende

• lavtrykk
• lavtysk
• lavvann, lavvatn

Etymology 2

Related to the verb lave

Noun

lav m (definite singular laven, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lavene)
lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural laver, definite plural lava or lavene)

1. lichen

References

• “lav” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the verb lave

Noun

lav n (definite singular lavet, indefinite plural lav, definite plural lava)

1. lichen

References

• “lav” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *lьvъ, from Proto-Indo-European *lewo-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lâʋ/

Noun

lȁv m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)

1. lion (mammal)
2. (astronomy, astrology) Leo

Declension

Declension of lav

	singular	plural
nominative	lȁv	lȁvovi
genitive	lȁva	lȁvōvā
dative	lȁvu	lȁvovima
accusative	lȁva	lȁvove
vocative	lȁve	lȁvovi
locative	lȁvu	lȁvovima
instrumental	lȁvom	lȁvovima

Derived terms

• mòrskī lȁv (“sea lion”)
• làvica
• lȁvljī
• làvovskī

 

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Swedish

Noun

lav c

1. lichen
2. bench in sauna

Declension

Declension of lav
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	lav	laven	lavar	lavarna
Genitive	lavs	lavens	lavars	lavarnas

Synonyms

• bastulav
• lave

Derived terms

• lavskrika

Anagrams

• alv, val

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English love.

Noun

lav

1. love

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Volapük

Noun

lav (nominative plural lavs)

1. wash, washing (the action or activity)

Declension

declension of lav

	singular	plural
nominative	lav	lavs
genitive	lava	lavas
dative	lave	laves
accusative	lavi	lavis
vocative 1	o lav!	o lavs!
predicative 2	lavu	lavus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• lavön
• lavöp