Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/Category:English 2-syllable words#JAVACategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#JAVA

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːvəCategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːvə#JAVACategory:Rhymes:English/ɑːvə/2 syllables#JAVA

Etymology 1

From Java, an island on and near which a particular blend of coffee is made. The US use of the term to refer to any coffee originated in San Francisco, an early center of the US coffee trade.^[1]

Etymology 2

From FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#JAVACategory:English terms derived from French#JAVA java.

Further reading

• Java (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Noun

java fCategory:Albanian non-lemma forms#JAVACategory:Albanian noun forms#JAVACategory:Albanian noun definite forms#JAVACategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#JAVA

1. definite of javë

Etymology

From ArabicCategory:Cypriot Arabic terms inherited from Arabic#JAVACategory:Cypriot Arabic terms derived from Arabic#JAVA جَوَّة (jawwa).

Adverb

javaCategory:Cypriot Arabic lemmas#JAVACategory:Cypriot Arabic adverbs#JAVACategory:Cypriot Arabic entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#JAVA

1. inside; at home

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004), A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 189

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in French entries#JAVA

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.va/Category:French 2-syllable words#JAVACategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#JAVA

• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

java f (plural javas)Category:French lemmas#JAVACategory:French nouns#JAVACategory:French countable nouns#JAVACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:French feminine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#JAVA

1. (danceCategory:fr:Dance#JAVA) a popular dance developed in 1920s Paris
   • 1936, “La java de Cézigue”, performed by Edith Piaf:

     On vous corne dans les oreilles / Que les javas sont toutes pareilles / Et ben ceux qui disent ça / C'est qu'ils connaissent pas / Cézigue et sa java. Hop !

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     Category:French terms with quotations#JAVACategory:Requests for translations of French quotations#JAVA

Further reading

• “java”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
• java (danse) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

Lexicalization ofCategory:Hungarian lexicalizations#JAVA the jav- stem variant of the adjective jó (“good”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɒvɒ]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#JAVA
• Hyphenation: ja‧va
• Rhymes: -vɒCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/vɒ#JAVACategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/vɒ/2 syllables#JAVA

Noun

java (uncountableCategory:Hungarian uncountable nouns#JAVA)Category:Hungarian lemmas#JAVACategory:Hungarian nouns#JAVACategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#JAVA

1. (with a possessive suffix)Category:Hungarian noun senses formed with possessive suffixes#JAVA the best (part) (the best or most important part of something)

   Synonym: legjava

   A java még hátravan! ― The best (part) is yet to come!Category:Hungarian terms with usage examples#JAVA

2. (with a possessive suffix)Category:Hungarian noun senses formed with possessive suffixes#JAVA someone’s benefit, advantage, interest

   Ez az ő javát szolgálja. ― This is for his/her own good. (literally, “…serves…”)Category:Hungarian terms with usage examples#JAVA

Further reading

• java , redirecting to certain senses of jó in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Noun

java f (4th declension)Category:Latvian lemmas#JAVACategory:Latvian nouns#JAVACategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Latvian feminine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#JAVA

1. (constructionCategory:lv:Construction#JAVA) mortar (building material)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from SanskritCategory:Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit#JAVACategory:Pali terms derived from Sanskrit#JAVA जव (java).

Noun

java mCategory:Pali lemmas#JAVACategory:Pali nouns#JAVACategory:Pali nouns in Latin script#JAVACategory:Pali entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Pali masculine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#JAVA

1. speed
2. strength

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “java”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

Etymology

From jȃv. First attested in the 18th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jǎːʋa/Category:Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation#JAVA
• Hyphenation: ja‧va

Noun

jáva f (Cyrillic spelling ја́ва)Category:Serbo-Croatian lemmas#JAVACategory:Serbo-Croatian nouns#JAVACategory:Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header#JAVACategory:Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns#JAVACategory:Pages with entries#JAVACategory:Pages with 8 entries#JAVA

1. reality
2. The state opposite of the sleeping or dreaming state, wakefulness.

References

• “java”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026