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Lavabo

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See also: lavabo and la-va-bô

German

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Alemannic German Lavabo, itself borrowed from French lavabo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlavabo/
  • Hyphenation: La‧va‧bo

Noun

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Lavabo n (strong, genitive Lavabos or Lavabo, plural Lavabos)

  1. (Switzerland) sink, washbasin
    Synonym: Waschbecken
Declension
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Declension of Lavabo [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Lavabo die Lavabos
genitive eines des Lavabos, Lavabo der Lavabos
dative einem dem Lavabo den Lavabos
accusative ein das Lavabo die Lavabos

Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”), lavāre, the first word of psalm 26,6.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /laˈvaːbo/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: La‧va‧bo
  • Rhymes: -aːbo

Noun

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Lavabo n (strong, genitive Lavabos or Lavabo, plural Lavabos)

  1. (Christianity) lavabo (liturgical handwashing)
  2. (Christianity) lavabo (washbasin used for such handwashing)
Declension
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Declension of Lavabo [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Lavabo die Lavabos
genitive eines des Lavabos, Lavabo der Lavabos
dative einem dem Lavabo den Lavabos
accusative ein das Lavabo die Lavabos

Further reading

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  • Lavabo on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • “Lavabo” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Lavabo” in Duden online
  • “Lavabo” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Luxembourgish

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Noun

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Lavabo m (plural Lavaboen)

  1. washbasin, sink
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