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See also: Appendix:Variations of "av"
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Abbreviation
Noun
[edit]AV (plural AVs)
- Initialism of alternative vote.
- (computing) Initialism of access violation.
- Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
- (grammar) Initialism of auxiliary verb.
- Initialism of anti-virus.
Proper noun
[edit]AV
- Initialism of Authorized Version: a translation of the Bible.
- in the AV of the OT
Adjective
[edit]AV (not comparable)
- Initialism of audiovisual.
- AV education; AV room
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of atrioventricular.
- AV block; AV node
- (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of arteriovenous.
- AV anastomosis; AV fistula
- (mortuary technology) Abbreviation of anal/vaginal.
- AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.
Etymology 2
[edit]From French auxiliaire+voler.
Noun
[edit]AV (plural AVs)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]From Japanese AV (AV) (アダルトビデオ), from English adult+video.
Noun
[edit]AV (plural AVs)
- (in Japan, pornography) Initialism of adult video, i.e. video pornography
Related terms
[edit]- (adult video): JAV
References
[edit]- “AV”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “AV”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
[edit]Chinese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄨㄟ
- Tongyong Pinyin: eiwei
- Wade–Giles: ei1-wei1
- Yale: ēi-wēi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eiuei
- Palladius: эйвэй (ejvɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: ei1 wi1
- Yale: ēi wī
- Cantonese Pinyin: ei1 wi1
- Guangdong Romanization: éi1 wi1
- Sinological IPA (key): /ei̯⁵⁵ wiː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Etymology 1
[edit]From English AV (“audiovisual”).
Adjective
[edit]AV
Synonyms
[edit]- 影音 (yǐngyīn)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Japanese AV (AV, “pornographic video”).
Noun
[edit]AV
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- △▽ — filter avoidance / slang
Noun
[edit]- (pornography) アダルトビデオ: an adult video, a pornographic video
- audiovisual equipment; an audiovisual format
- Synonym: オーディオ・ビジュアル (“ōdio bijuaru”)
- 1998, Oyamada Ryōzō, Sekai o sasaeru Nihon gijutsu [Japanese products that sustain the world][1], page 21:
- 新製品開発によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではRV(レジャー用多目的車)が伸びたこと、家電ソニー(二七位)のミニディスクなどのデジタルAV
- Shinseihin kaihatsu ni yoru mono deari, Toyota ya Honda de wa arubui (rejā yō tamokuteki kuruma) ga nobita koto, kaden Sonī (nijūnanai) no Minidisuku nado no dejitaru ēbui
- This is due to the growth of new product development, such as SUVs (sport utility multipurpose vehicles) from Toyota and Honda, and home electronics such as Sony’s (27th place) Minidisk digital audio player
- 新製品開発によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではRV(レジャー用多目的車)が伸びたこと、家電ソニー(二七位)のミニディスクなどのデジタルAV
- 2007 April 23, Kenshi Hirokane, “Step 5: Five O'Clock World 1”, in ヤング島耕作 主任編 [Young Shima Kōsaku: Manager Arc], volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, pages 72–73:
- 僕はこのポスターは好きですね 好きだけど……何のCMかわからないんじゃないですか?
- Boku wa kono posutā wa suki desu ne Suki da kedo…… Nan no shīemu ka wakaranai n ja nai desu ka?
- I like this poster… But we still don’t know what the commercial’s gonna be like, no?
- 実は そこがポイントなんです 商品訴求をあえて隠して初芝AV機器のイメージだけを出したいんです
- Jitsu wa soko ga pointo na n desu Shōhin sokyū o aete kakushite Hatsushiba ēbui kiki no imēji dake o dashitai n desu
- That’s the point, actually. We want to keep the product’s appeal secret and just put out an image of Hatsushiba AV equipment.
- なるほど
- Naruhodo
- I see
- 僕はこのポスターは好きですね 好きだけど……何のCMかわからないんじゃないですか?
- アニマルビデオ: a video of animals
Descendants
[edit]Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Japanese AV (AV) (アダルトビデオ), from English adult+video.
Noun
[edit]AV • (AV)
- (pornography) adult video, video pornography
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