se laver

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈleɪvə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvɚ/, /ˈlɑvɚ/ Rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ), -eɪvə(ɹ) Homophones: lava, larva (non-rhotic, with the "broad a" pronunciation) Hyphenation: lav‧er ==== Noun ==== laver (countable and uncountable, plural lavers) A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially: Porphyra vulgaris ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Welsh: lafwr, lawr ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== nori === Etymology 2 === From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French laveoir, laveor, laveour, lavor, lavur, from Latin lavātōrium. Doublet of lavatorium and lavatory. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== laver (plural lavers) Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery. That which laves, particularly a washbasin. The spiritual washing or ablution of baptism. ===== Synonyms ===== (washbasin): See washbasin ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From lave + -er. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvɚ/ Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== laver (plural lavers) One who laves: a washer. ===== Translations ===== === References === === Anagrams === Ravel, arvel, larve, ravel, reval, velar == Danish == === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈlɑwˀɐ] ==== Noun ==== laver c or n (lichen) indefinite plural of lav === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlaːvɐ/, [ˈlɛːwɐ], [ˈlɛːwɒ̽] ==== Verb ==== laver present tense of lave == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French laver, from Latin lavāre, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /la.ve/ === Verb === laver to wash (reflexive) to wash oneself ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Haitian Creole: lave Mauritian Creole: lave === Further reading === “laver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === larve == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫa.wɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlaː.ver] === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== laver f (genitive laveris); third declension a water-plant; possibly water parsnip (Sium latifolium) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → Proto-West Germanic: *laberu (see there for further descendants) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== laver first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lavō === References === “laver”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “laver”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English læfer. ==== Alternative forms ==== lavre, lafere, lever ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈlaːvər/ ==== Noun ==== laver (plural lavers) A kind of water plant. ===== Descendants ===== English: laver Yola: levers (plural) ===== References ===== “lāver, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== laver alternative form of lavour == Norman == === Alternative forms === lavaïr (Guernsey) === Etymology === From Old French laver, from Latin lavō, lavāre. === Pronunciation === === Verb === laver (gerund lav'thie) (Jersey) to wash ==== Derived terms ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === laver m or n indefinite plural of lav == Old French == === Etymology === From Latin lavāre. === Verb === laver (transitive) to wash (reflexive, se laver) to get washed ==== Conjugation ==== This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem lev distinct from the unstressed stem lav. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide. ==== Related terms ==== lavanderie ==== Descendants ==== French: laver Norman: laver (Jersey), lavaïr (Guernsey) === See also === nettoier