Lavabo

See also: lavabo and la-va-bô

German

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. (Switzerland) sink, washbasin

   Synonym: Waschbecken

Declension

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈvaːbo/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: La‧va‧bo
• Rhymes: -aːbo

Noun

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

1. (Christianity) lavabo (liturgical handwashing)
2. (Christianity) lavabo (washbasin used for such handwashing)

Declension

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

• 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

Noun

Lavabo m (plural Lavaboen)

1. washbasin, sink