java

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)

1. A blend of coffee imported from the island of Java.
2. (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.

Related terms

• Java

Etymology 2

From French java.

Noun

java (plural javas)

1. 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, 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

1. definite of javë

Cypriot Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَّة (jawwa).

Adverb

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

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.va/

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Noun

java f (plural javas)

1. (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

• faire la java

Further reading

• “java”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 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):
• Hyphenation: ja‧va
• Rhymes: -vɒ

Noun

java (uncountable)

1. (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!

2. (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)

1. (construction) mortar (building material)

Declension

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जव (java).

Noun

java m

1. speed
2. 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)

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

Declension

Related terms

• jȃv

References

• “java” in Hrvatski jezični portal