engraver

English

Etymology

engrave +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

engraver (plural engravers)

1. a person who engraves
2. a tool used in this process

Translations

person who engraves

• Azerbaijani: oymaçı
• Bulgarian: гравьор m (gravjor)
• Dutch: graveerder (nl) m, graveur (nl) m
• French: graveur (fr) m, graveuse (fr) f
• German: Graveur (de) m, Stecher (de) m
• Irish: breacaire m
• Italian: incisore (it) m
• Latin: caelātor m
• Macedonian: гра́вер m (gráver)
• Maori: kaiwhaowhao
• Middle English: gravere
• Russian: гравёр (ru) m (gravjór), гравировщик (ru) m (gravirovščik), гравировщица (ru) f (gravirovščica), художник-исполнитель гравюры m (xudožnik-ispolnitelʹ gravjury)
• Spanish: tallador (es) m
• Swahili: mchoraji (sw)

tool used in this process

• Dutch: graveerpen m or f
• German: Stichel m
• Latin: cestrum n
• Middle English: gravere

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French engraver. By surface analysis, en- +‎ graver.

Pronunciation

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Verb

engraver

1. (transitive, nautical) to ground

Conjugation

Conjugation of engraver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	engraver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	engravant /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		engravé /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/	engraves /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/	engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/	engravons /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɔ̃/	engravez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.ve/	engravent /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/
	imperfect	engravais /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛ/	engravais /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛ/	engravait /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛ/	engravions /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/	engraviez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vje/	engravaient /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛ/
	past historic2	engravai /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.ve/	engravas /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va/	engrava /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va/	engravâmes /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vam/	engravâtes /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vat/	engravèrent /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛʁ/
	future	engraverai /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁe/	engraveras /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁa/	engravera /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁa/	engraverons /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/	engraverez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁe/	engraveront /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	engraverais /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/	engraverais /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/	engraverait /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/	engraverions /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/	engraveriez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.və.ʁje/	engraveraient /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/	engraves /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/	engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/	engravions /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/	engraviez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vje/	engravent /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/
	imperfect2	engravasse /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vas/	engravasses /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vas/	engravât /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va/	engravassions /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va.sjɔ̃/	engravassiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va.sje/	engravassent /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/	—	engravons /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɔ̃/	engravez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

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