vau

See also: Vau, va'u, and väü

English

Noun

vau (plural vaus)

1. Alternative spelling of vav

Anagrams

• AUV, Uva, UAV, UV-A, UVA, UV A, uva

Catalan

Alternative forms

• vàreu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbaw]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvaw]
• Rhymes: -aw

Verb

vau

1. (auxiliary, with infinitive) second-person plural present indicative of anar

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɑu̯/, [ˈʋɑ̝u̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑu
• Syllabification^(key): vau

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English wow. Probably originally slang; used at least since the 1970s.

Interjection

vau (informal)

1. wow

Derived terms

• vautsi

 

See also

• vautsi

Further reading

• “vau”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic

Interjection

vau

1. (often repeated) Synonym of hau (“bark, woof”)

Anagrams

• avu

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒu]
• Hyphenation: vau
• Rhymes: -u

Interjection

vau

1. woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)

See also

• ugat

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew וָו (waw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/
• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: vàu

Noun

vau m or f (invariable)

1. waw, specifically:
   1. the name of the Phoenician-script letter 𐤅
   2. the name of the Hebrew-script letter ו

Anagrams

• uva

Latvian

Etymology

Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.

Interjection

vau

1. woof (the sound a dog makes while barking)

   vau, vau! Krančelis kaukdams kliedza ― woof! woof! Krančelis (= dog) cried, howling

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/ [ˈvaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbaw/

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: vau

Noun

vau m (plural vaus)

1. ford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot)
2. shoal

Synonyms

• (shoal, sandbank): parcel, vado, baixo, baixio, esparcel, restinga, sirte

Related terms

• vadear
• vadeoso
• vadoso

 

Tahitian

Pronoun

vau

1. I, me

See also

Tahitian personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person			au, vau	māua (exclusive) tāua (inclusive)	mātou (exclusive) tātou (inclusive)
2nd person			ʻoe	ʻōrua	ʻoutou
3rd person			ʻoia, ʻona	rāua	rātou