laver

See also: Laver and lavêr

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”).

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Laver (seaweed)

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑːvə/, /ˈleɪvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪvɚ/, /ˈlɑvɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːvə(ɹ), -eɪvə(ɹ)
• Homophones: lava, larva (non-rhotic, with the "broad a" pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: lav‧er

Noun

laver (countable and uncountable, plural lavers)

1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
   • 1847, Margaret Dods [pseudonym; Christian Isobel Johnstone], “Roasting”, in The Cook and Housewife’s Manual. […], 8th edition, Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd; London; Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., →OCLC, paragraph 19, pages 106–107:

     To roast a leg, haunch, or saddle of mutton. […] A modern refinement is to put laver in the dripping-pan, which, in basting, imparts a high gout; or a large saddle may be served over a pound and a half of laver, stewed in brown sauce with catsup and seasonings.

2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
   1. Porphyra vulgaris

Derived terms

• black laver (Porphyra dioica)
• green laver (Ulva lactuca, Monostroma grevillei)
• kelp laver (Porphyra drachii)
• laver slack (Porphyra umbilicalis)
• laver sloke (Porphyra umbilicalis)
• laverbread (Porphyra umbilicalis)
• lettuce laver (Ulva lactuca)
• northern pink laver (Porphyra amplissima)
• pale patch laver (Porphyra leucosticta)
• purple laver (Porphyra nereocystis, Porphyra umbilicalis; Ulva lactuca)
• red laver (Porphyra nereocystis, Porphyra suborbiculata, Porphyra perforata, Porphyra umbilicalis)
• tough laver (Porphyra umbilicalis)
• winter laver (Porphyra linearis)

Translations

Porphyra umbilicalis

German: Nabel-Purpurtang m, Purpurtang m, Hauttang m, Nabel-Hauttang m Irish: glasarnacht f, sleabhac m Korean: 김 (ko) (kim), 파래 (parae) Scottish Gaelic: slòcan m Swedish: navelsloke (sv) n, veckad purpurhinna c Welsh: lawr m, lafwr m

an edible seaweed

Maori: karengo, parengo Swedish: sloke (sv) n, purpurhinna c Thai: please add this translation if you can

See also

• nori

Etymology 2

From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French lavor, lavur, laveor, laveour, laveoir, from Latin lavatorium. Doublet of lavatory.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪvə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪvɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

laver (plural lavers)

1. One who laves: a washer.
2. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
3. That which laves, particularly a washbasin.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Infinit streames continually did well / Out of this fountaine, sweet and faire to see, / The which into an ample lauer fell […]

Synonyms

• (washbasin): See washbasin

Translations

a washer — see washer

a washroom; lavatorium

German: Waschraum (de) m (general term), Brunnenhaus n (monastery), Lavatorium n (monastery)

a washbasin — see washbasin

Anagrams

• Ravel, arvel, larve, ravel, reval, velar

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɑwˀɐ]

Noun

laver c or n (lichen)

1. indefinite plural of lav

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaːvɐ/, [ˈlɛːwɐ], [ˈlɛːwɒ̽]

Verb

laver

1. present tense of lave

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French laver, from Latin lavāre, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ve/

• Audio:

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Verb

laver

1. to wash
2. (reflexive) to wash oneself

Conjugation

infinitive	simple	laver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lavant /la.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lavé /la.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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/
	past historic2	lavai /la.ve/	lavas /la.va/	lava /la.va/	lavâmes /la.vam/	lavâtes /la.vat/	lavèrent /la.vɛʁ/
	future	laverai /la.vʁe/	laveras /la.vʁa/	lavera /la.vʁa/	laverons /la.vʁɔ̃/	laverez /la.vʁe/	laveront /la.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	laverais /la.vʁɛ/	laverais /la.vʁɛ/	laverait /la.vʁɛ/	laverions /la.və.ʁjɔ̃/	laveriez /la.və.ʁje/	laveraient /la.vʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	lave /lav/	laves /lav/	lave /lav/	lavions /la.vjɔ̃/	laviez /la.vje/	lavent /lav/
	imperfect2	lavasse /la.vas/	lavasses /la.vas/	lavât /la.va/	lavassions /la.va.sjɔ̃/	lavassiez /la.va.sje/	lavassent /la.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lave /lav/	—	lavons /la.vɔ̃/	lavez /la.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of laver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se laver
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se lavant /sə la.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		lavé /la.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me lave /mə lav/	te laves /tə lav/	se lave /sə lav/	nous lavons /nu la.vɔ̃/	vous lavez /vu la.ve/	se lavent /sə lav/
	imperfect	me lavais /mə la.vɛ/	te lavais /tə la.vɛ/	se lavait /sə la.vɛ/	nous lavions /nu la.vjɔ̃/	vous laviez /vu la.vje/	se lavaient /sə la.vɛ/
	past historic2	me lavai /mə la.ve/	te lavas /tə la.va/	se lava /sə la.va/	nous lavâmes /nu la.vam/	vous lavâtes /vu la.vat/	se lavèrent /sə la.vɛʁ/
	future	me laverai /mə la.vʁe/	te laveras /tə la.vʁa/	se lavera /sə la.vʁa/	nous laverons /nu la.vʁɔ̃/	vous laverez /vu la.vʁe/	se laveront /sə la.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me laverais /mə la.vʁɛ/	te laverais /tə la.vʁɛ/	se laverait /sə la.vʁɛ/	nous laverions /nu la.və.ʁjɔ̃/	vous laveriez /vu la.və.ʁje/	se laveraient /sə la.vʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me lave /mə lav/	te laves /tə lav/	se lave /sə lav/	nous lavions /nu la.vjɔ̃/	vous laviez /vu la.vje/	se lavent /sə lav/
	imperfect2	me lavasse /mə la.vas/	te lavasses /tə la.vas/	se lavât /sə la.va/	nous lavassions /nu la.va.sjɔ̃/	vous lavassiez /vu la.va.sje/	se lavassent /sə la.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lave-toi /lav.twa/	—	lavons-nous /la.vɔ̃.nu/	lavez-vous /la.ve.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of se laver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

Derived terms

• entrelaver
• laver son linge sale en public
• machine à laver
• planche à laver
• poudre à laver
• se laver les mains

Related terms

• latrines
• lavable
• lavage
• laverie
• laveur
• laveuse
• lavoir
• lavure
• lotion

Further reading

• “laver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• larve