gerber

See also Gerber

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from gerbe (“sheaf”), from Old French jarbe, garbe (“sheaf, ear of grain, wreath”), from Old Frankish *garba (“sheaf”), from Proto-Germanic *garbō (“sheaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrebh-, *gherbh- (“to snatch, take, rake”). Cognate with Old High German garba (“sheaf”), Middle Low German garve (“sheaf”). More at garb.

Verb

gerber

1. To sheave
2. (slang) To puke, to throw up

Related terms

• gerbe
• gerbeur

Conjugation

   Conjugation of gerber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		gerber			avoir gerbé
gerund		en gerbant			en ayant gerbé
present participle		gerbant
past participle		gerbé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	gerbe	gerbes	gerbe	gerbons	gerbez	gerbent
	imperfect	gerbais	gerbais	gerbait	gerbions	gerbiez	gerbaient
	past historic1	gerbai	gerbas	gerba	gerbâmes	gerbâtes	gerbèrent
	future	gerberai	gerberas	gerbera	gerberons	gerberez	gerberont
	conditional	gerberais	gerberais	gerberait	gerberions	gerberiez	gerberaient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	gerbe	gerbes	gerbe	gerbions	gerbiez	gerbent
	imperfect1	gerbasse	gerbasses	gerbât	gerbassions	gerbassiez	gerbassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	gerbe	—	gerbons	gerbez	—
1literary tenses

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Noun

gerber m (plural gerbyn)

1. tanner