AV

See also: av, Av, aV, -av, av., av-, and Av.

English

Noun

AV (plural AVs)

1. Initialism of alternative vote.
2. (computing) Initialism of access violation.
3. Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
4. (grammar) Initialism of auxiliary verb.
5. Initialism of anti-virus.
6. (US, Navy) Initialism of Auxiliary Voler - a naval aircraft transport
7. (Japan) Initialism of adult video, i.e. video pornography

Proper noun

AV

1. Initialism of Authorized Version: a translation of the Bible.

   in the AV of the OT

Adjective

AV (not comparable)

1. Initialism of audiovisual.

   AV education;  AV room

2. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of atrioventricular.

   AV block;  AV node

3. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of arteriovenous.

   AV anastomosis;  AV fistula

References

• “AV”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “AV”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Coordinate terms

• (aircraft transport): AVP

Anagrams

• V/A, VA, Va, Va., v. a.

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ēi-wēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄟ ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ei¹ wi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ēi-wēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: eiwei
    • Wade–Giles: ei¹-wei¹
    • Yale: ēi-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eiuei
    • Palladius: эйвэй (ejvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ei¹ wi¹
    • Yale: ēi wī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ei¹ wi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: éi¹ wi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ei̯⁵⁵ wiː⁵⁵/

Etymology 1

From English AV (“audiovisual”).

Adjective

1. audiovisual

Synonyms

• 影音 (yǐngyīn)

Etymology 2

From Japanese AV (AV, “pornographic video”).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) AV

1. pornographic video; porn

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Noun

AV(エーブイ) • (ēbui) 

1. アダルトビデオ: an adult video, a pornographic video
2. アニマルビデオ: a video of animals

Descendants

• → Chinese: AV (ēi-wēi), A片 (ēipiàn)
• → English: JAV