German

Noun

Vau n

1. the Roman letter v

See also

• (Latin script letter names) Buchstabe; A, Be, Ce, De, E, Eff, Ge, Ha, I, Jot, Ka, El, Em, En, O, Pe, Qu, Er, Eß/Ess/Es, Te, U, Vau, We, Ix, Ypsilon, Zett/Zet ^{(Category: de:Latin letter names)}

English

Noun

vau ‎(plural vaus)

1. Alternative spelling of vav

Anagrams

• UAV
• UVA

Catalan

Verb

vau

1. (auxiliary verb, taking an infinitive) second-person plural indicative form of anar

Finnish

Interjection

vau

1. wow!

See also

• vautsi

Anagrams

• avu

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

Lojban

Cmavo

vau

1. end of bridi (predication)

   mi punji lo sicni gi'e lebna lo karni vau le minji

   I put a coin into and take a newspaper from the machine.

Usage notes

• vau is normally omitted except in compound predicates, where it indicates that following objects belong to both predicates.

Rafsi

vau

1. rafsi of vasru.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum ‎(“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wadʰom.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvaw/

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
• vadoso

Tahitian

Pronoun

vau

1. I, me

See also