# AV
## English
### Etymology 1

Abbreviations.

#### Adjective

AV (not comparable)
* Initialism of audiovisual.
    AV education; AV room
* (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of atrioventricular.
    AV block; AV node
* (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of arteriovenous.
    AV anastomosis; AV fistula
* (mortuary technology) Abbreviation of anal/vaginal.
    AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.

#### Noun

AV (plural AVs)
* (computing) Initialism of access violation.
* Initialism of alternative vote.
* (computing) Initialism of anti-virus.
* Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
* (grammar) Initialism of auxiliary verb.

#### Proper noun

AV
* Initialism of Authorized Version, a translation of the Bible.
    in the AV of the OT

### Etymology 2

From French auxiliaire voler.

#### Noun

AV (plural AVs)
* (US, military, nautical) Initialism of Auxiliary Voler, a naval aircraft transport.
    Coordinate terms: AVP, CV, CVE, CVL, CVN

### Etymology 3

From Japanese AV(アダルトビデオ) (adarutobideo), from English adult video.

#### Noun

AV (plural AVs)
* (Japanese pornography) Initialism of adult video (“video pornography”).

##### Related terms

* (adult video): JAV

### References

* “AV”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
* “AV”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

### Anagrams

* V/A, VA, Va, Va., v. a.

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ēi-wēi
    (Zhuyin): ㄟ ㄨㄟ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ei$^1$ wi$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ēi-wēi
*** Zhuyin: ㄟ ㄨㄟ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: eiwei
*** Wade–Giles: ei$^1$-wei$^1$
*** Yale: ēi-wēi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eiuei
*** Palladius: эйвэй (ejvɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀeɪ̯⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ei$^1$ wi$^1$
*** Yale: ēi wī
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ei$^1$ wi$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: éi$^1$ wi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ei̯⁵⁵ wiː⁵⁵/

### Etymology 1

From English AV (“audiovisual”).

#### Adjective

AV
* audiovisual

##### Synonyms

* 影音 (yǐngyīn)

### Etymology 2

From Japanese AV (AV, “pornographic video”).

#### Noun

AV
* (pornography) video pornography

##### Synonyms

* A片 (ēipiàn)
* 三級片／三级片 (Hong Kong)
* 四仔 (sei$^3$ zai$^2$) (Cantonese)
* 小電影／小电影 (xiǎodiànyǐng)
* 情慾片／情欲片
* 愛情動作片／爱情动作片 (àiqíng dòngzuòpiàn) (euphemistic)
* 成人電影／成人电影 (chéngrén diànyǐng)
* 毛片
* 白片 (Fuzhou)
* 色情片
* 鹹片／咸片 (haam$^4$ pin$^{3-2}$) (Cantonese)
* 黃片／黄片
* 黃色影片／黄色影片 (huángsè yǐngpiàn)
* 黃色電影／黄色电影 (huángsè diànyǐng)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 色情片 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | A片, AV, 動作片, 謎片 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 色情片 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鹹片, 三級片, A片, AV, 愛情動作片, 甜片, 三仔, 四級片 uncensored, 四仔 uncensored |
| Wu | Shanghai | 三級片, 毛片 |

##### Derived terms

* AV畫質／AV画质 (ēi-wēi huàzhì)

## Japanese
### Noun

AV(エーブイ) • (ēbui)
* (pornography) アダルトビデオ: video pornography
    Alternative form: △▽ (filter avoidance, slang)
** 2007 January 25, Yūji Shiozaki, “第七拾五話 [Chapter 75]”, in 一騎当千 [One vs. Thousands], volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:
    お——こないだ観(み)た　ＡＶ(エーブイ)にそーゆーのあったあった
       O—— Konaida mita ēbui ni sōyū no atta atta
       Whoa... I saw this exact shit in a porno just the other day.
* オーディオ・ビジュアル: audiovisual equipment; an audiovisual format
** 1998, Oyamada Ryōzō, Sekai o sasaeru Nihon gijutsu [Japanese products that sustain the world]‎, page 21:
    新(しん)製(せい)品(ひん)開(かい)発(はつ)によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではＲ(アル)Ｖ(ブイ)(レジャー用(よう)多(た)目(もく)的(てき)車(くるま))が伸(の)びたこと、家(か)電(でん)ソニー（二(にじゅう)七(なな)位(い)）のミニディスクなどのデジタルＡ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)
       Shinseihin kaihatsu ni yoru mono deari, Toyota ya Honda de wa arubui (rejā yō tamokuteki kuruma) ga nobita koto, kaden Sonī (nijūnanai) no Minidisuku nado no dejitaru ēbui
       This is due to the growth of new product development, such as SUVs (sport utility multipurpose vehicles) from Toyota and Honda, and home electronics such as Sony’s (27th place) Minidisk digital audio player
** 2007 April 23, Kenshi Hirokane, “Step 5: Five O'Clock World 1”, in ヤング島耕作　主任編 [Young Shima Kōsaku: Manager Arc], volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, pages 72–73:
    僕(ぼく)はこのポスターは好(す)きですね　好(す)きだけど……何(なん)のＣ(シー)Ｍ(エム)かわからないんじゃないですか？
       Boku wa kono posutā wa suki desu ne Suki da kedo…… Nan no shīemu ka wakaranai n ja nai desu ka?
       I like this poster… But we still don’t know what the commercial’s gonna be like, no?
    実(じつ)は　そこがポイントなんです　商(しょう)品(ひん)訴(そ)求(きゅう)をあえて隠(かく)して初(はつ)芝(しば )Ａ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)機( き)器(き)のイメージだけを出(だ)したいんです
       Jitsu wa soko ga pointo na n desu Shōhin sokyū o aete kakushite Hatsushiba ēbui kiki no imēji dake o dashitai n desu
       That’s the point, actually. We want to keep the product’s appeal secret and just put out an image of Hatsushiba AV equipment.
    なるほど
       Naruhodo
       I see
* アニマルビデオ: a video of animals

#### Descendants

* → Chinese: AV (ēi-wēi), A片 (ēipiàn)
* → Korean: AV (AV)
* → English: JAV

## Korean
### Etymology

From Japanese AV(アダルトビデオ) (adarutobideo), from English adult video.

### Noun

AV • (AV)
* (pornography) video pornography