AV

Abbreviations.

AV (not comparable)

1. Initialism of audiovisual.

   AV education

   AV room

   • 2019 July 25, Betsy Klein, “Trump appears in front of doctored seal with Russian and golf imagery, TPUSA aide fired”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     The individual responsible, a member of TPUSA’s AV team, was let go in the wake of the incident.

2. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of atrioventricular.

   AV block

   AV node

3. (anatomy, medicine) Initialism of arteriovenous.

   AV anastomosis

   AV fistula

4. (mortuary technology) Initialism of anal/vaginal.

   AV plugs are used to seal cadaver orifices to prevent embalming fluid spillage.

5. (Internet slang) Initialism of age verified.

AV (plural AVs)

1. (computing) Initialism of access violation.
2. (Internet slang) Initialism of age verification.
3. (politics) Initialism of alternative vote.
4. (computing) Initialism of antivirus.
5. (vehicles) Initialism of autonomous vehicle.
6. (grammar) Initialism of auxiliary verb.

AV

1. Initialism of Authorized Version, a translation of the Bible.

   in the AV of the OT

From French auxiliaire voler.

AV (plural AVs)

1. (US, military, nautical) Initialism of Auxiliary Voler, a naval aircraft transport.

   Coordinate terms: AVP, CV, CVE, CVL, CVN

Borrowed from Japanese AV (adaruto bideo), from English adult video.

AV (plural AVs)

2. (Japanese pornography) Initialism of adult video (“video pornography”).

   Hyponym: JAV

• JAV

• “AV”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “AV”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• V/A, VA, Va, Va., v. a.

From English AV (“audiovisual”).

AV

1. audiovisual

• 影音 (yǐngyīn)

From Japanese AV (AV, “pornographic video”).

AV

1. (pornography) video pornography

AV(エーブイ) • (ēbui) 

2. (pornography) アダルトビデオ: video pornography

   Alternative form: △▽ (filter avoidance, slang)

   • 2007 January 25, Yūji Shiozaki, “第七拾五話 [Chapter 75]”, in 一騎当千, volume 12 (fiction), Tokyo: Wani Books:

     お——こないだ観(み)た　ＡＶ(エーブイ)にそーゆーのあったあった

     O—— Konaida mita ēbui ni sōyū no atta atta

     Whoa... I saw this exact shit in a porno just the other day.

3. オーディオ・ビジュアル: audiovisual equipment; an audiovisual format
   • 1998, Oyamada Ryōzō, Sekai o sasaeru Nihon gijutsu [Japanese products that sustain the world]‎^[2], page 21:

     新(しん)製(せい)品(ひん)開(かい)発(はつ)によるものであり、トヨタやホンダではＲ(アル)Ｖ(ブイ)(レジャー用(よう)多(た)目(もく)的(てき)車(くるま))が伸(の)びたこと、家(か)電(でん)ソニー（二(にじゅう)七(なな)位(い)）のミニディスクなどのデジタルＡ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)

     Shinseihin kaihatsu ni yoru mono deari, Toyota ya Honda de wa arubui (rejā yō tamokuteki kuruma) ga nobita koto, kaden Sonī (nijūnanai) no Minidisuku nado no dejitaru ēbui

     This is due to the growth of new product development, such as SUVs (sport utility multipurpose vehicles) from Toyota and Honda, and home electronics such as Sony’s (27th place) Minidisk digital audio player

   • 2007 April 23, Kenshi Hirokane, “Step 5: Five O'Clock World 1”, in ヤング島耕作　主任編 [Young Shima Kōsaku: Manager Arc], volume 1 (fiction), Tōkyō: Kōdansha, →ISBN, pages 72–73:

     僕(ぼく)はこのポスターは好(す)きですね　好(す)きだけど……何(なん)のＣ(シー)Ｍ(エム)かわからないんじゃないですか？

     Boku wa kono posutā wa suki desu ne Suki da kedo…… Nan no shīemu ka wakaranai n ja nai desu ka?

     I like this poster… But we still don’t know what the commercial’s gonna be like, no?

     実(じつ)は　そこがポイントなんです　商(しょう)品(ひん)訴(そ)求(きゅう)をあえて隠(かく)して初(はつ)芝(しば )Ａ(エー)Ｖ(ブイ)機( き)器(き)のイメージだけを出(だ)したいんです

     Jitsu wa soko ga pointo na n desu Shōhin sokyū o aete kakushite Hatsushiba ēbui kiki no imēji dake o dashitai n desu

     That’s the point, actually. We want to keep the product’s appeal secret and just put out an image of Hatsushiba AV equipment.

     なるほど

     Naruhodo

     I see

4. アニマルビデオ: a video of animals

• → Chinese: AV (ēi-wēi), A片 (ēipiàn)
• → Korean: AV (AV)
• → English: JAV

From Japanese AV (adaruto bideo), from English adult video.

AV • (AV)

1. (pornography) video pornography