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laver
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈlɑːvə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlɑvɚ/, /ˈleɪvɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ), -eɪvə(ɹ)
- Homophones: lava, larva (in non-rhotic accents)
Noun
laver (countable and uncountable, plural lavers)
- A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis, eaten as a vegetable.
- Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
Derived terms
- black laver (Porphyra dioica)
- green laver (Ulva lactuca, Monostroma grevillei)
- kelp laver (Porphyra drachii)
- laver slack (Porphyra laciniata)
- laver sloke (Porphyra laciniata)
- laverbread (Porphyra umbilicalis)
- lettuce laver (Ulva lactuca)
- northern pink laver (Porphyra amplissima)
- pale patch laver (Porphyra leucosticta)
- purple laver (Porphyra spp., Ulva lactuca)
- red laver (Porphyra spp.)
- tough laver (Porphyra umbilicalis)
- winter laver (Porphyra linearis)
See also
Translations
Porphyra umbilicalis
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Etymology 2
From Old French laveoir, from Latin lavatorium. Compare lavatory.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈleɪvɚ/
- Rhymes: -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 Queene, II.xii:
- Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […]
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.xii:
Synonyms
- (washbasin): See washbasin
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.ve/
Verb
laver
- to wash
Conjugation
Conjugation of laver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | laver | avoir lavé | |||||
| gerund | en lavant | en ayant lavé | |||||
| present participle | lavant /la.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | lavé /la.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | lave /lav/ |
laves /lav/ |
lave /lav/ |
lavons /la.vɔ̃/ |
lavez /la.ve/ |
lavent /lav/ |
| imperfect | lavais /la.vɛ/ |
lavais /la.vɛ/ |
lavait /la.vɛ/ |
lavions /la.vjɔ̃/ |
laviez /la.vje/ |
lavaient /la.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | lavai /la.ve/ |
lavas /la.va/ |
lava /la.va/ |
lavâmes /la.vam/ |
lavâtes /la.vat/ |
lavèrent /la.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | laverai /la.vʁe/ |
laveras /la.vʁa/ |
lavera /la.vʁa/ |
laverons /la.vʁɔ̃/ |
laverez /la.vʁe/ |
laveront /la.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | laverais /la.vʁɛ/ |
laverais /la.vʁɛ/ |
laverait /la.vʁɛ/ |
laverions /la.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
laveriez /la.və.ʁje/ |
laveraient /la.vʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | lave /lav/ |
laves /lav/ |
lave /lav/ |
lavions /la.vjɔ̃/ |
laviez /la.vje/ |
lavent /lav/ |
| imperfect1 |
lavasse /la.vas/ |
lavasses /la.vas/ |
lavât /la.va/ |
lavassions /la.va.sjɔ̃/ |
lavassiez /la.va.sje/ |
lavassent /la.vas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | lave /lav/ |
— | lavons /la.vɔ̃/ |
lavez /la.ve/ |
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Derived terms
- entrelaver
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.wer/, [ˈɫa.wɛr]
Noun
laver f (genitive laveris); third declension
- a water-plant, possibly water parsnip (Sium latifolium)[1]
Inflection
Third 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
- English: laver
References
- laver in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “laver”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Verb
laver
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lavō
Norman
Alternative forms
- lavaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French laver, from Latin lavō, lavāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
laver (gerund lav'thie)
Derived terms
Terms derived from laver
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Old French
Etymology
Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō.
Verb
laver
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.
Conjugation of laver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | laver | avoir lavé | |||||
| gerund | en lavant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | lavant | ||||||
| past participle | lavé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | lef | leves | leve | lavons | lavez | levent |
| imperfect | lavoie, laveie, lavoe, laveve | lavoies, laveies, lavoes, laveves | lavoit, laveit, lavot, laveve | laviiens, laviens | laviiez, laviez | lavoient, laveient, lavoent, lavevent | |
| preterite | lavai | lavas | lava | lavames | lavastes | laverent | |
| future | laverai | laveras | lavera | laverons | laveroiz, lavereiz, laverez | laveront | |
| conditional | laveroie, lavereie | laveroies, lavereies | laveroit, lavereit | laveriiens, laveriens | laveriiez, laveriez | laveroient, lavereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | lef | les | let | lavons | lavez | levent |
| imperfect | lavasse | lavasses | lavast | lavissons, lavissiens | lavissoiz, lavissez, lavissiez | lavassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | leve | — | lavons | lavez | — | ||