different between pax vs pav

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?ks, IPA^(key): /pæks/
• Homophone: packs

Etymology 1

From Middle English pax, from Latin pax (“peace”). See peace. As school slang, originally used at Winchester College, Hampshire in the United Kingdom.

Noun

pax

1. (Christianity) A painted, stamped or carved tablet with a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which was kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace") and then passed to other officiating clergy and the congregation to be kissed. See also osculatory.
2. (Britain, dated, school slang) Friendship; truce.

3. (Christianity) The kiss of peace.
4. (Christianity) A crucifix, a tablet with the image of Christ on the cross upon it, or a reliquary.

Interjection

pax

1. (Britain, dated, school slang) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.

Translations

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of passenger. X is an abbreviation marker as in DX, TX and canx.

Noun

pax (plural pax)

1. (informal, usually in the plural) A passenger; passengers.
2. (informal, usually in the plural, by extension, hospitality industry) A guest (at an event or function).

Translations

Anagrams

• AXP, XAP

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *p?ks, Proto-Indo-European *péh??-s (“peace”), from the root *peh??- (“to join, to attach”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pa?ks/, [pä?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /paks/, [p?ks]

Noun

p?x f (genitive p?cis); third declension

1. peace

2. (poetic) rest, quiet, ease
3. (transferred sense) grace (esp. from the gods)
4. (transferred sense) leave, good leave (permission)
5. (ecclesiastical) peace, harmony

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pac?
• pac?scor
• compec?scor
• compectum
• p?c?

Descendants

Interjection

p?x

1. enough talking! silence! hush! peace!

   Synonyms: p?x sit r?bus, tac?, tac? t?, fac tace?s, d?sine, st, linguae temper?!

References

• pax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pax in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pax in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• pax in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pax in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pakes, paxe, paxse

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin p?x.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paks/

Noun

pax

1. pax (tablet with carved religious image)

   Synonym: paxbrede

2. (rare) kiss of peace

Related terms

• paxbrede

Descendants

• English: pax

References

• “pax, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Etymology

Since 1880 from Latin p?x (“peace”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paks/
• Homophone: packs

Interjection

pax

1. (children’s language) dibs (to claim a stake to something); used as a noun with the verbs få “get, receive” and ha “have”, or as a verb; att paxa.

   Pax för soffan! - “I have (first) dibs on the sofa!”

   Jag fick pax på framsätet! - “I got dibs on shotgun!”

   Jag har paxat fåtöljen - I "have dibbed" the armchair

Synonyms

• tjing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æv

Etymology 1

Contraction of pavilion.

Noun

pav (plural pavs)

1. (cricket, informal) Clipping of pavilion.
   • 1954, Anthony Buckeridge, According to Jennings, page 80,

     “It?s no good hanging around here. I vote we nip round to the back of the pav,” Jennings suggested. “We might be able to see Mr Findlater and wave to him through the window.”

     They scurried round to the rear of the building where a row of windows overlooked a deserted part of the cricket ground.

   • 2000, Aidan Higgins, The Whole Hog, unnumbered page,

     Up goes the finger and the Dodo snaps to attention, rams the bat under his arm (subaltern with swagger stick) and retreats to the pav with a slowness intended as silent comment on a poor decision.

   • 2008, Fionn Davenport, Dublin City Guide, Lonely Planet, page 166,

     One of the most enjoyable drinking experiences in town can be had on a pleasant summer?s day on the balcony of the Pav, the cricket pavilion overlooking Trinity?s playing fields.

Etymology 2

Contraction of pavlova. Australian from 1966.

Noun

pav (plural pavs)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Clipping of pavlova.
   • 2003, Stephen Downes, Advanced Australian Fare: How Australian Cooking Became the World?s Best, page 6,

     Bert Sachse experimented for a month to create the perfect pav.

   • 2011, Neil Perry, Rockpool Bar & Grill: Desserts, unnumbered page,

     I?m totally biased but I think this is the best pav in the world. It also does nothing to clear up the argument that the pav is in fact from New Zealand and not Australia.

   • 2011, Margaret Fulton, Suzanne Gibbs, Margaret Fulton Favourites, page 194,

     Pavlova, named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, is still just about the most popular party dessert in Australia. […] The following recipe was given to me by a churchgoer who won acclaim for her ‘pavs’ and made at least five a week for members of the congregation.

Etymology 3

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Noun

pav (plural pavs)

1. (India) Bread.

See also

• pav bhaji

Anagrams

• APV, AVP, PVA, VAP, VPA, vap

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pá??/

Noun

p?v m anim (female equivalent p?vica or pavíca)

1. peacock (bird)

Inflection

Further reading

• “pav”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran