laver

English

Etymology 1

From Latin (see below).

Noun

laver (countable and uncountable; plural lavers)

1. A red alga of the genus Porphyra.

Related terms

• nori

Etymology 2

From Old French laveoir, from Latin lavatorium. Compare lavatory.

Noun

laver (plural lavers)

1. A basin for washing.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xii:

     Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […]

2. One who laves; a washer.

Anagrams

• arvel
• ravel
• velar

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Danish

Noun

laver c and n

1. plural indefinite of lav

Verb

laver

1. present of lave

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French

Etymology

From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /la.ve/, X-SAMPA: /la.ve/

Verb

laver

1. to wash

Conjugation

   Conjugation of laver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		laver			avoir lavé
gerund		en lavant			en ayant lavé
present participle		lavant
past participle		lavé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	lave	laves	lave	lavons	lavez	lavent
	imperfect	lavais	lavais	lavait	lavions	laviez	lavaient
	past historic1	lavai	lavas	lava	lavâmes	lavâtes	lavèrent
	future	laverai	laveras	lavera	laverons	laverez	laveront
	conditional	laverais	laverais	laverait	laverions	laveriez	laveraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	lave	laves	lave	lavions	laviez	lavent
	imperfect1	lavasse	lavasses	lavât	lavassions	lavassiez	lavassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	lave	—	lavons	lavez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• laveuse

Anagrams

• larve

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French laver, from Latin lavō, lavāre.

Verb

laver (gerund lav'thie)

1. to wash

Derived terms

Derived terms

lavage (“washing”) lavement (“enema”)

laver les vaissieaux (“to wash up, do the dishes”) laveux (“dishcloth”)

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Latin

Noun

laver (genitive laveris); f, third declension

1. a water-plant

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	laver	laverēs
genitive	laveris	laverum
dative	laverī	laveribus
accusative	laverem	laverēs
ablative	lavere	laveribus
vocative	laver	laverēs

Descendants

• English: laver

Verb

laver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lavō

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Old French

Verb

laver

1. (transitive) to wash
2. (reflexive, se laver) to get washed

Descendants

• French: laver

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of laver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		laver			avoir lavé, lavez
gerund		en lavant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		lavant
past participle		lavé, lavez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	lave	laves	lave	lavons	lavez, lavés	lavent
	imperfect	lavoe, laveie, lavoie	lavoes, laveies, lavoies	lavot, laveit, lavoit	lavions, laviions	laviez, laviiez	lavoent, lavient, lavoient
	past historic	lava	lavas	lava	lavames	lavastes	laverent
	future	laverai	laveras	lavera	laverons	laverez, lavereiz	laveront
	conditional	laveroe, lavereie, laveroie	laveroes, lavereied, laveroied	laverot, lavereie, laveroie	laverions, laveriions	laveriez, laveriiez	laveroent, lavereient, laveroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	lave	laves	lave	lavons	lavez	lavent
	imperfect	lavasse	lavasses	lavast	lavissons	lavissez, lavissiez	lavassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	lave	—	lavons	lavez	—

See also

• nettoier