lavage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French lavage.
Noun
lavage (plural lavages)
- A washing.
- (medicine) A washing of a hollow organ.
Verb
lavage (third-person singular simple present lavages, present participle lavaging, simple past and past participle lavaged)
- (medicine) To wash a hollow organ
French
Etymology
laver + -age
Noun
lavage m (plural lavages)
- washing (act of washing)
Derived terms
- lavage de cerveau
- station de lavage
Descendants
- → Italian: lavaggio
Further reading
- “lavage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- vagale
Norman
Etymology
laver (“to wash”) + -age
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun
lavage m (plural lavages)
- (Jersey) washing (act of washing)