Lavabo
German, noun/ˈlavabo/
Lavabo is spelled L-A-V-A-B-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lavabo is a German neuter noun meaning “sink, washbasin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “liturgisches Waschen der Hände eines Priesters in der heiligen Messe”.
What does Lavabo mean in English?
noun
- 1
Switzerlandneutersink, washbasin
noun
- 1
neuterlavabo (liturgical handwashing)
- 2
neuterlavabo (washbasin used for such handwashing)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. liturgisches Waschen der Hände eines Priesters in der heiligen Messe 2. zum unter [1] beschriebenen Händewaschen verwendetes Waschbecken mit Wasserkanne 3. sanitäre Anlage zum Waschen; Waschbecken
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Lavabo
- Lavabos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lavabo?
- /ˈlavabo/
- /laˈvaːbo/
- [laˈvaːbo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lavabo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lavabo in German?
Lavabo appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).