German

Noun

Bau m ‎(genitive Baus or Baues, plural Bauten or Baue)

1. building, construction
2. building site, construction site
3. burrow (of an animal)
4. (colloquial) prison, jail

Usage notes

• Nowadays, the plural Bauten is used in sense 1, meaning "buildings", while the plural Baue is used for sense 3, meaning "burrows".
• Earlier there also was the plural Bäue with umlaut.

Declension

Antonyms

• (construction): Vernichtung

Related terms

Related terms

• Baute

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bū. Cognate with German Bau, Dutch bouw, Swedish bo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæːʊ̯/

Noun

Bau m ‎(plural Bai)

1. building
2. building site

Related terms

• bauen

English

Alternative forms

• bao

Noun

bau ‎(uncountable)

1. Any of various types of steamed bread used in Chinese cuisine

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:dim sum

See also

• Baozi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bo/
• Homophones: baux, beau, beaux, bot, bots

Noun

bau m ‎(plural baux)

1. (nautical) crossbeam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay bau, from Proto-Malayic *bau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq.

Noun

bau

1. smell (sensation)

Italian

Interjection

bau

1. bow wow (sound of a dog barking)

Lojban

Cmavo

bau

1. (sumti tcita: x₁-sumti modal of bangu) in language

   mi nelci lo nu tavla bau la lojban.^tw

   I like to talk in Lojban.

Rafsi

bau

1. rafsi of bangu.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *bau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahu, *bahuq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bau/
• Rhymes: -au, -u

Noun

bau

1. smell (sensation)

Welsh

Noun

bau

1. Soft mutation of pau.