vau
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
vau (plural vaus)
- Alternative spelling of vav
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
vau
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from English wow. Probably originally slang; used at least since the 1970s.
Interjection[edit]
vau
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Etymology 2[edit]
Interjection[edit]
vau
- (often repeated) Synonym of hau (“bark, woof”)
Anagrams[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
vau
See also[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vau m or f (invariable)
- waw, specifically:
- the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤅
- the name of the Hebrew-script letter ו
Anagrams[edit]
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
vau
- woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)
- vau, vau! Krančelis kaukdams kliedza ― woof! woof! Krančelis (= dog) cried, howling
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”),[1][2] from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aw
- Hyphenation: vau
Noun[edit]
vau m (plural vaus)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “vau” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- ^ “vau” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Tahitian[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
vau
See also[edit]
Categories:
- English lemmas
- English nouns
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- English three-letter words
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- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Catalan/aw
- Rhymes:Catalan/aw/1 syllable
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan verb forms
- Catalan auxiliary verbs
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑu
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑu/1 syllable
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
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- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish interjections
- Finnish informal terms
- Finnish onomatopoeias
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/u
- Rhymes:Hungarian/u/2 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
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- hu:Animal sounds
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- Rhymes:Italian/aw
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- Latvian lemmas
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- Latvian terms with usage examples
- lv:Animal sounds
- lv:Dogs
- Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/aw
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- Portuguese 1-syllable words
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- Tahitian lemmas
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