Luxembourgish

Noun

Lavabo m ‎(plural Lavaboen)

1. washbasin, sink

English

Noun

lavabo ‎(plural lavabos or lavaboes)

1. (Christianity) A ritual involving the washing of one's hands at a church's offertory before handling the eucharist.
2. (Christianity) The small towel used to dry the priest's hands following the ritual.
   • '1870, Daniel Rock, Textile Fabrics, p. 203:

     These small liturgical towels got... the name of Lavabo cloths or Lavaboes.

3. A washbasin, particularly (Christianity) the one in a church used in the ritual.
   • 1885, Walter Horatio Peter, Marius the Epicurean, Bk. iv, Ch. xxiii:

     ...the... pontiff, as he... moved his hands... at the Lavabo, or at the various benedictions...

4. (architecture) A trough used for washing at some medieval monasteries.
5. (humorous euphemistic) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
   • 1930, Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poision, Ch. xiv, p. 177:

     ...the little lavabo in the passage...

Synonyms

• (ritual): lavatory
• (basin used for washing): See washbasin
• (room with a toilet): See Wikisaurus:bathroom

Translations

References

1. ↑ "lavabo, n." in the Oxford English Dictionary (1902), Oxford: Oxford University Press.
2. ↑ "The Book of Psalms: Chapter 25" in the Latin Vulgate.

Catalan

Noun

lavabo m ‎(plural lavabos)

1. lavabo, washbasin, sink

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧va‧bo

Noun

lavabo m ‎(plural lavabo's, diminutive lavabootje n)

1. (Belgium) sink, washbasin

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin lavābō ‎(“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre ‎(“wash, bathe”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.va.bo/

Noun

lavabo m ‎(plural lavabos)

1. washbasin

Italian

Noun

lavabo m ‎(plural lavabi or lavabo)

1. washbasin
2. lavabo

Synonyms

• lavandino

Latin

Verb

lavābō

1. first-person singular future active indicative of lavō

Norman

Etymology

From Latin lavābō ‎(“I will wash”), first-person singular future active indicative of lavō, lavāre ‎(“wash, bathe”).

Noun

lavabo m ‎(plural lavabos)

1. (Jersey) washbasin

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin lavabo ‎(“I shall clean”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /la.ˈva.bu/
• Rhymes: -abu

Noun

lavabo m (plural lavabos)

1. lavabo (washbasin, especially one used for ceremonious washing)
2. lavatory (room containing a toilet)

Synonyms

• (lavabo): lavatório
• (lavatory): toalete, banheiro, lavatório, WC

Related terms

• lavar

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laʋǎboː/
• Hyphenation: la‧va‧bo

Noun

lavàbō m ‎(Cyrillic spelling лава̀бо̄)

1. sink, washbasin
2. lavabo

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin lavābo, first person singular future indicative of lavāre

Noun

lavabo m ‎(plural lavabos)

1. washbasin

See also

• lavamanos m

Turkish

Noun

lavabo ‎(definite accusative, plural lavabolar)

1. washbasin