braver

See also: Braver

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Adjective

braver

1. comparative form of brave: more brave

Noun

braver (plural bravers)

1. One who braves something.

   a reckless braver of dangers

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aːvər

Adjective

braver

1. comparative degree of braaf

French

Etymology

From brave +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁa.ve/

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Verb

braver

1. (transitive) to challenge, defy
2. (transitive) to brave
   • 2015 October 31, “Migrants : Allemagne restreint les accès à sa frontière avec Autriche”, in Le Monde‎^[1]:

     Malgré l’arrivée du mauvais temps et la fermeture en cours des frontières européennes, des centaines de personnes continuent pourtant chaque jour de risquer leur vie, bravant le froid et les vents violents.

     Despite the arrival of bad weather and the ongoing closure of European borders, hundreds of people nevertheless continue to risk their lives every day, braving the cold and the violent winds.

3. (transitive) to flout, pay no heed to (someone's opinion, hostility, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of braver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	braver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bravant /bʁa.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bravé /bʁa.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	brave /bʁav/	braves /bʁav/	brave /bʁav/	bravons /bʁa.vɔ̃/	bravez /bʁa.ve/	bravent /bʁav/
	imperfect	bravais /bʁa.vɛ/	bravais /bʁa.vɛ/	bravait /bʁa.vɛ/	bravions /bʁa.vjɔ̃/	braviez /bʁa.vje/	bravaient /bʁa.vɛ/
	past historic2	bravai /bʁa.ve/	bravas /bʁa.va/	brava /bʁa.va/	bravâmes /bʁa.vam/	bravâtes /bʁa.vat/	bravèrent /bʁa.vɛʁ/
	future	braverai /bʁa.vʁe/	braveras /bʁa.vʁa/	bravera /bʁa.vʁa/	braverons /bʁa.vʁɔ̃/	braverez /bʁa.vʁe/	braveront /bʁa.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	braverais /bʁa.vʁɛ/	braverais /bʁa.vʁɛ/	braverait /bʁa.vʁɛ/	braverions /bʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/	braveriez /bʁa.və.ʁje/	braveraient /bʁa.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	brave /bʁav/	braves /bʁav/	brave /bʁav/	bravions /bʁa.vjɔ̃/	braviez /bʁa.vje/	bravent /bʁav/
	imperfect2	bravasse /bʁa.vas/	bravasses /bʁa.vas/	bravât /bʁa.va/	bravassions /bʁa.va.sjɔ̃/	bravassiez /bʁa.va.sje/	bravassent /bʁa.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	brave /bʁav/	—	bravons /bʁa.vɔ̃/	bravez /bʁa.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).

Synonyms

• affronter

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

braver

1. comparative degree of brav

Adjective

braver

1. inflection of brav:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural