noun
Meaning 1
The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו.
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
vav
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of vaav (“stepwell”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
Hebrew וי״ו (vav). Doublet of wau.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: وَاو (wāw) — Hebrew letter
- Catalan: vau — Hebrew letter
- Finnish: vav — Hebrew letter
- French: vav — Hebrew letter
- French: wau — Hebrew letter
- French: waw — Hebrew letter
- Hebrew: וָו (vav) — Hebrew letter
- Malay: wau — Hebrew letter
- Persian: واو (vâv) — Hebrew letter
- Portuguese: vav — Hebrew letter
- Russian: вав (vav) — Hebrew letter
- Spanish: vav — Hebrew letter
- Turkish: vav — Hebrew letter
- Yiddish: וו (vov) — Hebrew letter