lava

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Italian lava (lava), originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, from lavare (to wash). See etymology for the English verb lave.

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Noun [edit]

lava (countable and uncountable; plural lavas)

  1. The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
  2. (informal, proscribed) Magma.

Usage notes [edit]

Geologists make a distinction between magma (molten rock underground) and lava (molten rock on the surface).

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Crimean Tatar [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Italian lava.

Noun [edit]

lava

  1. lava

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References [edit]

  • Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

Finnish [edit]

Noun [edit]

lava

  1. bed (platform of a truck or other vehicle that supports the load)
  2. platform (raised stage for speeches etc.)
  3. stage (in a theatre etc.)

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French [edit]

Verb [edit]

lava

  1. third-person singular past historic of laver

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Galician [edit]

Noun [edit]

lava f (plural lavas)

  1. lava

Italian [edit]

Verb [edit]

lava

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lavare
  2. second-person singular imperative of lavare

Noun [edit]

lava f (plural lave)

  1. lava

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Latin [edit]

Verb [edit]

lavā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of lavō

Portuguese [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From Italian (Neapolitan or Calabrese dialect), lava (a torrent of rain which washed the streets), from Latin lavō (I wash), from Proto-Indo-European *lowh₃-

Noun [edit]

lava f (plural lavas)

  1. lava (melted rock)
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Etymology 2 [edit]

Verb [edit]

lava

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of lavar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of lavar

Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Noun [edit]

láva f (Cyrillic spelling ла́ва)

  1. (geology) lava

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Spanish [edit]

Noun [edit]

lava f (plural lavas)

  1. lava
  2. washing

Verb [edit]

lava (infinitive lavar)

  1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of lavar.