different between vau vs vax

English

Noun

vau (plural vaus)

1. Alternative spelling of vav

Anagrams

• AUV, UAV, UVA, uva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aw

Verb

vau

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

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???u?/, [???u?]
• Rhymes: -?u
• Syllabification: vau

Interjection

vau

1. wow!

See also

• vautsi

Anagrams

• avu

Hungarian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

vau

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

See also

• ugat

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew ???? (waw).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vau?/, [väu?]
• Hyphenation: vàu

Noun

vau m or f (invariable)

1. waw, specifically:
   1. The name of the Phoenician-script letter ????
   2. The name of the Hebrew-script letter ?

Latvian

Etymology

Apparently of onomatopoeic (imitative) origin.

Pronunciation

Interjection

vau

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh?d?óm, from *weh?d?-.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vau
• Rhymes: -aw

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

English

Alternative forms

• vaxx

Pronunciation

Etymology

From the phonetic spelling of the clipping of vaccine, vaccination or vaccinate.

Noun

vax (countable and uncountable, plural vaxxes)

1. (slang) Clipping of vaccine.
2. (slang) Clipping of vaccination.

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

vax (third-person singular simple present vaxxes, present participle vaxxing, simple past and past participle vaxxed)

1. (slang) To vaccinate.

See also

Anagrams

• Xav

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahs?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaxs/
• IPA^(key): /vaks/

Noun

vax n (genitive singular vax, no plural)

1. wax

Declension

Derived terms

• bývax

Middle English

Noun

vax

1. Alternative form of wax (“wax”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse vax, from Proto-Germanic *wahs?.

Noun

vax n

1. wax

Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /?a??/
• Tone numbers: va⁴
• Hyphenation: vax

Etymology 1

From Chinese ? (MC ??ua^X).

Noun

vax (Sawndip forms ???? or ???? or ?, old orthography va?)

1. tile

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

vax (Sawndip forms ? or ????, old orthography va?)

1. to grab; to snatch

   Synonyms: (dialectal) gvax, (dialectal) gyaek, (dialectal) vamz

2. to dredge; to scoop; to haul (out of water)