laver
Sistem
Etymology 1
From Srednji Engleski laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Stari Engleski læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latinski laver (“water plant”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) MFA(ključ): /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈleɪvə/
- (General American) MFA(ključ): /ˈleɪvɚ/, /ˈlɑvɚ/
- Rime: -ɑːvə(ɹ), -eɪvə(ɹ)
- Homophones: lava, larva (in non-rhotic accents)
- Hifenacija: lav‧er
Noun
laver (countable and uncountable, plural lavers)
- A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
- 1847, Margaret Dods [pseudonym; Christian Isobel Johnstone], “Roasting”, in The Cook and Housewife’s Manual. […], 8th edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; London; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., →OCLC, paragraph 19, pages 106–107:
- To roast a leg, haunch, or saddle of mutton. […] A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout; or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup and seasonings.
- Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
Derived terms
- black laver (Lua greška in Modul:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..)
- green laver (Ulva lactuca, Monostroma grevillei)
- kelp laver (Lua greška in Modul:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..)
- laver slack (Porphyra umbilicalis)
- laver sloke (Porphyra umbilicalis)
- laverbread (Porphyra umbilicalis)
- lettuce laver (Ulva lactuca)
- northern pink laver (Lua greška in Modul:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..)
- pale patch laver (Lua greška in Modul:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..)
- purple laver (Lua greška in Modul:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.., Porphyra umbilicalis; Ulva lactuca)
- red laver (Lua greška in Modul:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.., Lua greška in Modul:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.., Lua greška in Modul:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.., Porphyra umbilicalis)
- tough laver (Porphyra umbilicalis)
- winter laver (Lua greška in Modul:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..)
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See also
Etymology 2
From Srednji Engleski laver, lavour, from Stari Francuski lavor, lavur, laveor, laveour, laveoir, from Latinski lavatorium. Dubleti of lavatory.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) MFA(ključ): /ˈleɪvə/
- (General American) MFA(ključ): /ˈleɪvɚ/
- Rime: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Noun
laver (plural lavers)
- One who laves: a washer.
- Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
- That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: Printed [by John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, →OCLC, book II, canto XII:
- Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […]
Synonyms
- (washbasin): See washbasin
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Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
Noun
laver c or n (lichen)
- [[Dodatak:Rečnik#indefinite|indefinite]] plural of lav
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
Verb
laver
Etymology
Nasleđeno od Stari Francuski laver, from Latinski lavāre, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).
Pronunciation
Verb
Conjugation
Šablon:fr-conj-auto Šablon:fr-conj-auto
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “laver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Pronunciation
Noun
laver
- a water-plant, possibly water parsnip (Sium latifolium)[1]
Declension
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | laver | laverēs |
Genitive | laveris | laverum |
Dative | laverī | laveribus |
Accusative | laverem | laverēs |
Ablative | lavere | laveribus |
Vocative | laver | laverēs |
Descendants
- Engleski: laver
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
Verb
laver
Middle English
Noun
laver
- Alternative form of lavour
Norman
Alternative forms
- lavaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Stari Francuski laver, from Latinski lavō, lavāre.
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Verb
laver (gerund lav'thie)
- (Jersey) to wash
Derived terms
- lavage (“washing”)
- lavement (“enema”)
- laver les vaissieaux (“to wash up, do the dishes”)
- laveux (“dishcloth”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
laver m or n
- [[Dodatak:Rečnik#indefinite|indefinite]] plural of lav
Old French
Etymology
From Latinski lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.
Verb
laver
- (transitive) to wash
- (reflexive, se laver) to get washed