java
English
Pronunciation
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]
Noun
java (countable and uncountable, plural javas)
- A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
- (US, colloquial) Coffee in general.
- 2008 January–February, “70 Ways to Improve Every Day of the Week”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:
- 45 have some joe Week's almost over—now bring it home. Austrian researchers found that a cup of java resulted in a 45-minute boost of brain activity in the regions responsible for attention, concentration, and short-term memory.
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Etymology 2
Noun
java (plural javas)
- A dance popular in France in the early 20th century.
- 2015, Luc Sante, The Other Paris: An illustrated journey through a city's poor and Bohemian past[2], Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
- The java is the dance of the moment among a certain less desirable crowd, and this prohibition is enough to keep out the desperadoes who foregather every afternoon at the Petit-Balcon dance hall down the street.
Further reading
Java (dance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
Albanian
Noun
java f
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
java f (plural javas)
- (dance) 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 !
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
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
Noun
java (uncountable)
- (with a possessive suffix) the best (part) (the best or most important part of something)
- A java még hátravan! ― The best (part) is yet to come!
- Synonym: legjava
- (with a possessive suffix) someone’s benefit, advantage, interest
- Ez az ő javát szolgálja. ― This is for his/her own good. (literally, “…serves…”)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | java | — |
accusative | javát | — |
dative | javának | — |
instrumental | javával | — |
causal-final | javáért | — |
translative | javává | — |
terminative | javáig | — |
essive-formal | javaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | javában | — |
superessive | javán | — |
adessive | javánál | — |
illative | javába | — |
sublative | javára | — |
allative | javához | — |
elative | javából | — |
delative | javáról | — |
ablative | javától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
javáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
javáéi | — |
Possessive forms of java | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | javam | — |
2nd person sing. | javad | — |
3rd person sing. | java | — |
1st person plural | javunk | — |
2nd person plural | javatok | — |
3rd person plural | javuk | — |
Derived terms
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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
Declension of java (4th declension)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit जव (java).
Noun
java m
Further reading
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “java”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From jȃv.
Pronunciation
Noun
jáva f (Cyrillic spelling ја́ва)
- reality
- The state opposite of the sleeping or dreaming state, wakefulness.
Declension
Declension of java
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References
- “java” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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