See vav in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "he",
"3": "וי״ו",
"tr": "vav"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew וי״ו (vav)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wau"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of wau",
"name": "dbt"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Hebrew וי״ו (vav). Doublet of wau.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vavs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "waw",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "vau",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "vav (plural vavs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "59 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English 3-letter words",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English undefined derivations",
"parents": [
"Undefined derivations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Arabic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Malay translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Persian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Turkish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Yiddish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "85 15",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Hebrew letter names",
"orig": "en:Hebrew letter names",
"parents": [
"Letter names",
"Letters, symbols, and punctuation",
"Names",
"Orthography",
"All topics",
"Proper nouns",
"Terms by semantic function",
"Writing",
"Fundamental",
"Nouns",
"Human behaviour",
"Language",
"Lemmas",
"Human",
"Communication"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו."
],
"id": "en-vav-en-noun-77UpDOKQ",
"links": [
[
"ו",
"ו#Hebrew"
]
],
"related": [
{
"roman": "w",
"word": "و"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wāw",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَاو"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vau"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wau"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "waw"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "vav",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "וָו"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "wau"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vâv",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "واو"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vav",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вав"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "vov",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "וו"
}
]
}
],
"word": "vav"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "vavs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "vav (plural vavs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "stepwell",
"word": "vaav"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "22 78",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 78",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 8 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "15 85",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of vaav (“stepwell”)"
],
"id": "en-vav-en-noun-ua9smPzg",
"links": [
[
"vaav",
"vaav#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "vav"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-letter words",
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English palindromes",
"English terms derived from Hebrew",
"English undefined derivations",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Arabic translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Hebrew translations",
"Terms with Malay translations",
"Terms with Persian translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Turkish translations",
"Terms with Yiddish translations",
"en:Hebrew letter names"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "he",
"3": "וי״ו",
"tr": "vav"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew וי״ו (vav)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wau"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of wau",
"name": "dbt"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Hebrew וי״ו (vav). Doublet of wau.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "vavs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "waw",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "vau",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "vav (plural vavs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"roman": "w",
"word": "و"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The sixth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ו."
],
"links": [
[
"ו",
"ו#Hebrew"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "wāw",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "وَاو"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vau"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wau"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "waw"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "vav",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "וָו"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "wau"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "vâv",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "واو"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vav",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вав"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"word": "vav"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "vov",
"sense": "Hebrew letter",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "וו"
}
],
"word": "vav"
}
{
"categories": [
"English 3-letter words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English palindromes",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Hebrew letter names"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "vavs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "vav (plural vavs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "stepwell",
"word": "vaav"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of vaav (“stepwell”)"
],
"links": [
[
"vaav",
"vaav#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "vav"
}
Download raw JSONL data for vav meaning in English (3.5kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (87ad358 and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.