English Online Dictionary. What means java? What does java mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑː.və/
- Rhymes: -ɑːvə
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.
Noun
java (countable and uncountable, plural javas)
- A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
- (US, colloquial) Coffee in general.
Related terms
- Java
Etymology 2
From French java.
Noun
java (plural javas)
- A dance popular in France in the early 20th century.
Further reading
- Java (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Albanian
Noun
java f
- definite of javë
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒa.va/
Noun
java f (plural javas)
- (dance) a popular dance developed in 1920s Paris
Derived terms
- faire la 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
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of the jav- stem variant of the adjective jó (“good”) + -a (possessive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɒvɒ]
- Hyphenation: ja‧va
- Rhymes: -vɒ
Noun
java (uncountable)
- (with a possessive suffix) the best (part) (the best or most important part of something)
- Synonym: legjava
- A java még hátravan! ― The best (part) is yet to come!
- (with a possessive suffix) someone’s benefit, advantage, interest
- Ez az ő javát szolgálja. ― This is for his/her own good. (literally, “…serves…”)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- java , redirecting to certain senses of jó in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Latvian
Noun
java f (4th declension)
- (construction) mortar (building material)
Declension
Pali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit जव (java).
Noun
java m
- speed
- strength
Further reading
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “java”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From jȃv.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jǎːʋa/
- Hyphenation: ja‧va
Noun
jáva f (Cyrillic spelling ја́ва)
- reality
- The state opposite of the sleeping or dreaming state, wakefulness.
Declension
Related terms
- jȃv
References
- “java” in Hrvatski jezični portal