"lavalas" meaning in Haitian Creole

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Noun

IPA: /lavalas/
Etymology: From French avalanche. Etymology templates: {{der|ht|fr|avalanche}} French avalanche Head templates: {{head|ht|noun}} lavalas
  1. avalanche
    Sense id: en-lavalas-ht-noun-u5PP-IUd Categories (other): Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header: 61 20 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 66 17 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 17 17
  2. flood
    Sense id: en-lavalas-ht-noun-2IZGRMFd
  3. a mass of people; everyone together
    Sense id: en-lavalas-ht-noun-Yvdq8CUP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Weather Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0 0
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Haitian Creole dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). 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.

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