AV

Abbreviation

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.

AV

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

   in the AV of the OT

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

From French auxiliaire+voler.

AV (plural AVs)

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

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

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

AV (plural AVs)

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

• (adult video): JAV

• “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.

• V/A, VA, Va, Va., v. a.

From English AV (“audiovisual”).

AV

1. audiovisual

• 影音 (yǐngyīn)

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

AV

1. (pornography) pornographic video; porn

• △▽ — filter avoidance / slang

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, “第七拾五話 [Chapter 75]”, in 一騎当千 [One vs. Thousands], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:

     お——こないだ観(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]‎, page 21:

     新(しん)製(せい)品(ひん)開(かい)発(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)多(た)目(もく)的(てき)車(くるま))が伸(の)びたこと、家(か)電(でん)ソニー（二(にじゅう)七(なな)位(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 ヤング島耕作　主任編 [Young Shima Kōsaku: Manager Arc], volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, pages 72–73:

     僕(ぼく)はこのポスターは好(す)きですね　好(す)きだけど……何(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(じつ)は　そこがポイントなんです　商(しょう)品(ひん)訴(そ)求(きゅう)をあえて隠(かく)して初(はつ)芝(しば )Ａ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)機( き)器(き)のイメージだけを出(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

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

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

AV

1. (pornography) adult video, video pornography