vau

vau (plural vaus)

1. Alternative spelling of vav

• AUV, UAV, UVA, uva

• vàreu

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

vau

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

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

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

vau (informal)

1. wow

• vautsi

• “vau”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

Onomatopoeic

vau

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

• avu

An onomatopoeia.

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

vau

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

• ugat

From Hebrew וָו (waw).

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

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

• uva

Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.

vau

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

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

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”),[1][2] from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-.

• Rhymes: -aw
• Hyphenation: vau

vau m (plural vaus)

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

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

vau

1. I, me