lavement

From French lavement, from laver (“to wash”).

lavement (plural lavements)

1. (archaic) A washing, a bathing.
2. (obsolete) An enema; a suppository.

• “lavement”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• lavament (obsolete)

From Middle Dutch lavament. Borrowed from Old French or Latin. Ultimately from Latin lavare.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaː.vəˌmɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: la‧ve‧ment

lavement n (plural lavementen, diminutive lavementje n)

1. washing, wash
2. lavement, enema, clyster

• klysma

• lavementspuit

• → Indonesian: lavemen

From laver +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /lav.mɑ̃/

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lavement m (plural lavements)

1. wash; washing
2. enema

• poire à lavement

• “lavement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

laver (“to wash”) +‎ -ment

lavement m (plural lavements)

1. (Jersey) enema

Borrowed from French lavement.

lavement n (uncountable)

1. (dated) enema

• lavement in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN