"vau" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvaw/ [Brazil], [ˈvaʊ̯] [Brazil], /ˈvaw/ [Portugal], /ˈvaw/ [Portugal], /ˈbaw/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: vaus [plural]
Rhymes: -aw Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vao, from Latin vadum (“ford”), from Proto-Italic *waðom, from Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, from *weh₂dʰ-. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|vao|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese vao, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|vao}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vao, {{inh|pt|la|vadum||ford}} Latin vadum (“ford”), {{inh|pt|itc-pro|*waðom}} Proto-Italic *waðom, {{inh|pt|ine-pro|*wh₂dʰóm}} Proto-Indo-European *wh₂dʰóm, {{m|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-}} *weh₂dʰ- Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} vau m (plural vaus)
  1. ford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-vau-pt-noun-r0W0gOxx Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 87 13
  2. shoal Tags: masculine Synonyms (shoal, sandbank): parcel, vado, baixo, baixio, esparcel, restinga, sirte
    Sense id: en-vau-pt-noun-iIaWw46J Disambiguation of 'shoal, sandbank': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: vadear, vadeoso, vadoso

Inflected forms

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