lavabo
English
Etymology
From the Christian ritual, which was traditionally accompanied in Catholicism by a recitation of Psalm 25:6 (Psalm 26:6, in the Hebrew and in most modern translations) which in Latin begins with the word lavābō (“I will wash”).[1][2] The sense of "room with a toilet" developed under the influence of lavatory and lav.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ləˈveɪbəʊ/
Noun
lavabo (plural lavabos or lavaboes)
- (Christianity) A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the Eucharist.
- Synonym: lavatory
- (Christianity) The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.
- A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
- Synonym: washbasin
- (architecture) A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.
- (humorous, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bathroom
- 1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, chapter XIV, in Strong Poision, page 177:
- Mr. Pond fussed out and she heard the door of the little lavabo in the passage open with a loud creak.
References
- "lavabo, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- "The Book of Psalms: Chapter 25" in the Latin Vulgate.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French lavabo, from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”, verb).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: la‧va‧bo
References
van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lavabo”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”, verb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.va.bo/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Further reading
- “lavabo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈva.bo/
- Rhymes: -abo
- Hyphenation: la‧và‧bo
Synonyms
Latin
Norman
Etymology
From Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre (“wash, bathe”).
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈva.bu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈva.bo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈva.bu/ [lɐˈva.βu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈba.bu/ [lɐˈβa.βu]
- Rhymes: -abu
- Hyphenation: la‧va‧bo
Noun
lavabo m (plural lavabos)
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laʋǎboː/
- Hyphenation: la‧va‧bo
Declension
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈbabo/ [laˈβ̞a.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -abo
- Syllabification: la‧va‧bo
See also
Further reading
- “lavabo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
Alternative forms
- lavobo (misspelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /laˈva.bo/, (some speakers) /ɫaˈva.bo/, (in fast speech) /ˈlaːbo/, /ˈɫaːbo/
- Hyphenation: la‧va‧bo
Noun
lavabo (definite accusative lavaboyu, plural lavabolar)
Declension
Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | lavabo | |
Definite accusative | lavaboyu | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | lavabo | lavabolar |
Definite accusative | lavaboyu | lavaboları |
Dative | lavaboya | lavabolara |
Locative | lavaboda | lavabolarda |
Ablative | lavabodan | lavabolardan |
Genitive | lavabonun | lavaboların |
Derived terms
- lavabo açıcısı
- lavabo bataryası
- lavabo musluğu
- lavabolu
- lavabosuz
Further reading
- “lavabo”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lavabo”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “lavabo”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “lavabo”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2881