lav

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Anagrams 2 Danish 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Adjective 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Noun 2.2.1.1 Inflection 2.3 Etymology 3 2.3.1 Noun 2.3.1.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Verb 3 Serbo-Croatian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 3.2.2 Derived terms 4 Swedish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms 4.1.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æv

[edit] Noun

lav (plural lavs)

1. (British, slang) Lavatory.

   Please miss, Johnny wants to go to the lav.

[edit] Synonyms

• (lavatory):
  • (standard): lavatory, toilet
  • (colloquial/slang): little boy's room, little girl's room, loo, smallest room
  • (coarse/taboo slang): bog, crapper, shithouse, shitter

[edit] Translations

• French: petit coin fr(fr) m.
• Spanish: retrete es(es) m.

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of alv
• Val

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[edit] Danish

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse lágr (whence also English low and Norwegian bokmål låg/lav)

[edit] Adjective

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

1. low

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse lag (“‘layer’”) (plural lǫg (“‘legal’”)).

[edit] Noun

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

1. guild

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[edit] Etymology 3

From Old Norse lafa (“‘to dangle’”)

[edit] Noun

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lav c. (singular definite laven, plural indefinite laver)

or

lav n. (singular definite lavet, plural indefinite laver)

1. lichen

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[edit] Verb

lav

1. Imperative of lave.

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

lȁv m. (Cyrillic spelling ла̏в)

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

[edit] Declension

[edit] Derived terms

• làvica
• lȁvljī
• làvovskī

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

lav c.

Inflection for lav	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	lav	laven	lavar	lavarna
Possessive form	lavs	lavens	lavars	lavarnas

1. lichen
2. bench in sauna

[edit] Synonyms

bench

• bastulav

[edit] Derived terms

lichen

• lavskrika