lava

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Usage notes 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.3 References 3 Finnish 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Declension 3.2 Anagrams 4 French 4.1 Verb 5 Galician 5.1 Noun 6 Italian 6.1 Verb 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Related terms 7 Serbo-Croatian 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Declension 8 Spanish 8.1 Noun 8.2 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Italian lava, lava, originally, in Naples, a torrent of rain overflowing the streets, from Italian and Latin lavare, to wash. See lave

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: läʹvə, IPA: /lɑːvə/, SAMPA: /lA:v@/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvə

[edit] Noun

lava (countable and uncountable; plural lavas)

1. The melted rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides.
2. magma

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] Derived terms

• lava lamp
• Lava millstone
• lava ware

[edit] Translations

• Maori: rangitoto

[edit] See also

• aa
• pahoehoe

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aalv
• aval

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Etymology

Italian lava.

[edit] Noun

lava

1. lava

[edit] Declension

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

lava (stem lav-^*)

1. platform
2. stage (in a theatre etc.)

[edit] Declension

Declension of lava (type kala) singular plural nominative lava lavat genitive lavan lavojen lavain1 partitive lavaa lavoja accusative lava lavan lavat inessive lavassa lavoissa elative lavasta lavoista illative lavaan lavoihin adessive lavalla lavoilla ablative lavalta lavoilta allative lavalle lavoille essive lavana lavoina translative lavaksi lavoiksi instructive – lavoin abessive lavatta lavoitta comitative – lavoineen 1) Rare.

[edit] Anagrams

• vala

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[edit] French

[edit] Verb

lava

1. Third-person singular past historic of laver.

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Noun

lava f. (plural lavas)

1. lava

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Verb

lava

1. Third-person singular present tense of lavare.
2. Second-person singular imperative of lavare.

[edit] Noun

lava f. (plural lave)

1. lava

[edit] Related terms

• lavico

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Noun

láva f. (Cyrillic spelling ла́ва)

1. (geology) lava

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

lava f. (plural lavas)

1. lava
2. washing

[edit] Verb

lava (infinitive: lavar)

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