AV

See also: Appendix:Variations of "av"

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation

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.

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

4. (mortuary technology) Abbreviation of anal/vaginal.

   AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.

Etymology 2

From French auxiliaire+voler.

Noun

AV (plural AVs)

1. (US, military, nautical) Initialism of Auxiliary Voler - a naval aircraft transport

Coordinate terms

• (aircraft transport): AVP, CV, CVE, CVL, CVN

Etymology 3

From Japanese AV (AV) (アダルトビデオ), from English adult+video.

Noun

AV (plural AVs)

1. (in Japan, pornography) Initialism of adult video, i.e. video pornography

Related terms

• (adult video): JAV

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.

Anagrams

• V/A, VA, Va, Va., v. a.

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

AV

1. audiovisual

Synonyms

• 影かげ音おん (yǐngyīn)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

AV

1. (pornography) pornographic video; porn

Synonyms

• A片へん (ēipiàn)
• 三さん級きゅう片へん／三さん级片 (Hong Kong)
• 四よん仔こ (sei³ zai²) (Cantonese)
• 小しょう電でん影かげ／小しょう电影 (xiǎodiànyǐng)
• 情慾じょうよく片へん／情欲じょうよく片へん
• 愛情あいじょう動作どうさ片へん／爱情动作片へん (àiqíng dòngzuòpiàn) (euphemistic)
• 成人せいじん電でん影かげ／成人せいじん电影 (chéngrén diànyǐng)
• 毛け片へん
• 白しろ片へん (Fuzhou)
• 色情しきじょう片へん
• 鹹片／咸片 (haam⁴ pin^3-2) (Cantonese)
• 黃き片へん／黄き片へん
• 黃色おうしょく影かげ片へん／黄色おうしょく影かげ片へん (huángsè yǐngpiàn)
• 黃色おうしょく電でん影かげ／黄色おうしょく电影 (huángsè diànyǐng)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 色情しきじょう片へん (“pornographic film”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		色情しきじょう片へん
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	A片へん, AV, 動作どうさ片へん, 謎なぞ片へん
	Singapore	色情しきじょう片へん
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鹹片, 三さん級きゅう片へん, A片へん, AV, 愛情あいじょう動作どうさ片へん, 甜片, 三さん仔こ, 四よん級きゅう片へん uncensored, 四よん仔こ uncensored
Wu	Shanghai	三さん級きゅう片へん, 毛け片へん

Derived terms

• AV畫質がしつ／AV画が质 (ēi-wēi huàzhì)

 

Japanese

Alternative forms

• △▽ — filter avoidance / slang

Noun

AV(エーブイ) • (ēbui) 

1. (pornography) アダルトビデオ: an adult video, a pornographic video
   • 2007 January 25, Yūji Shiozaki, “第だい七なな拾ひろえ五ご話わ [Chapter 75]”, in 一騎当千いっきとうせん [One vs. Thousands], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:

     お——こないだ観かん(み)た　Ａ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)にそーゆーのあったあった

     O—— Konaida mita ēbui ni sōyū no atta atta

     Whoa... I saw this exact shit in a porno just the other day.

2. audiovisual equipment; an audiovisual format

   Synonym: オーディオ・ビジュアル (“ōdio bijuaru”)

   • 1998, Oyamada Ryōzō, Sekai o sasaeru Nihon gijutsu [Japanese products that sustain the world]‎^[1], page 21:

     新しん(しん)製せい(せい)品しな(ひん)開ひらく(かい)発はつ(はつ)によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではＲ(アル)Ｖ(ブイ)(レジャー用よう(よう)多おお(た)目め(もく)的てき(てき)車くるま(くるま))が伸しん(の)びたこと、家いえ(か)電でん(でん)ソニー（二に(にじゅう)七なな(なな)位くらい(い)）のミニディスクなどのデジタルＡ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)

     Shinseihin kaihatsu ni yoru mono deari, Toyota ya Honda de wa arubui (rejā yō tamokuteki kuruma) ga nobita koto, kaden Sonī (nijūnanai) no Minidisuku nado no dejitaru ēbui

     This is due to the growth of new product development, such as SUVs (sport utility multipurpose vehicles) from Toyota and Honda, and home electronics such as Sony’s (27th place) Minidisk digital audio player

   • 2007 April 23, Kenshi Hirokane, “Step 5: Five O'Clock World 1”, in ヤング島とう耕作こうさく　主任しゅにん編へん [Young Shima Kōsaku: Manager Arc], volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, pages 72–73:

     僕ぼく(ぼく)はこのポスターは好このみ(す)きですね　好このみ(す)きだけど……何なに(なん)のＣ(シー)Ｍ(エム)かわからないんじゃないですか？

     Boku wa kono posutā wa suki desu ne Suki da kedo…… Nan no shīemu ka wakaranai n ja nai desu ka?

     I like this poster… But we still don’t know what the commercial’s gonna be like, no?

     実み(じつ)は　そこがポイントなんです　商しょう(しょう)品しな(ひん)訴(そ)求もとむ(きゅう)をあえて隠かくれ(かく)して初はつ(はつ)芝しば(しば )Ａ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)機き( き)器うつわ(き)のイメージだけを出で(だ)したいんです

     Jitsu wa soko ga pointo na n desu Shōhin sokyū o aete kakushite Hatsushiba ēbui kiki no imēji dake o dashitai n desu

     That’s the point, actually. We want to keep the product’s appeal secret and just put out an image of Hatsushiba AV equipment.

     なるほど

     Naruhodo

     I see

3. アニマルビデオ: a video of animals

Descendants

• → Chinese: AV (ēi-wēi), A片へん (ēipiàn)
• → Korean: AV (AV)
• → English: JAV

Korean

Etymology

From Japanese AV (AV) (アダルトビデオ), from English adult+video.

Noun

AV • (AV)

1. (pornography) adult video, video pornography