gaver

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See also: Gaver, gavër, and gåver

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

gaver c

  1. indefinite plural of gave

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

gaver

  1. comparative degree of gaaf

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French dialect gave, doublet of joue (“cheek”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

gaver

  1. (transitive) to force-feed
  2. (reflexive) to gorge oneself; to overeat
    • 1904, Jean Morovan, Le Soldat Impérial (1800-1814)‎[1], volume 1, Plon, →OCLC, page 300:
      Les élèves profitent des séances de levés de plan ou de tir au canon pour se gaver de patisseries ; il en résulte pour eux force indigestions ; le médecin trouve plaisamment « le canon de l’école aussi dangereux que celui de l’ennemi » …
      The students took the opportunity of classes on shooting cannons to gorge themselves on pastries; this resulted in much indigestion, to the point a doctor jokingly opined that "the school's cannon is as dangerous as the enemy's" …
  3. (transitive, slang) to fill up, exasperate
    Synonym: souler
    Tu me gaves avec tes reproches

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of gaver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gaver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gavant
/ɡa.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gavé
/ɡa.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gave
/ɡav/ 		gaves
/ɡav/ 		gave
/ɡav/ 		gavons
/ɡa.vɔ̃/ 		gavez
/ɡa.ve/ 		gavent
/ɡav/
imperfect gavais
/ɡa.vɛ/ 		gavais
/ɡa.vɛ/ 		gavait
/ɡa.vɛ/ 		gavions
/ɡa.vjɔ̃/ 		gaviez
/ɡa.vje/ 		gavaient
/ɡa.vɛ/
past historic2 gavai
/ɡa.ve/ 		gavas
/ɡa.va/ 		gava
/ɡa.va/ 		gavâmes
/ɡa.vam/ 		gavâtes
/ɡa.vat/ 		gavèrent
/ɡa.vɛʁ/
future gaverai
/ɡa.vʁe/ 		gaveras
/ɡa.vʁa/ 		gavera
/ɡa.vʁa/ 		gaverons
/ɡa.vʁɔ̃/ 		gaverez
/ɡa.vʁe/ 		gaveront
/ɡa.vʁɔ̃/
conditional gaverais
/ɡa.vʁɛ/ 		gaverais
/ɡa.vʁɛ/ 		gaverait
/ɡa.vʁɛ/ 		gaverions
/ɡa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gaveriez
/ɡa.və.ʁje/ 		gaveraient
/ɡa.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 gave
/ɡav/ 		gaves
/ɡav/ 		gave
/ɡav/ 		gavions
/ɡa.vjɔ̃/ 		gaviez
/ɡa.vje/ 		gavent
/ɡav/
imperfect2 gavasse
/ɡa.vas/ 		gavasses
/ɡa.vas/ 		gavât
/ɡa.va/ 		gavassions
/ɡa.va.sjɔ̃/ 		gavassiez
/ɡa.va.sje/ 		gavassent
/ɡa.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gave
/ɡav/ 		— gavons
/ɡa.vɔ̃/ 		gavez
/ɡa.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).

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Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

gaver m or f

  1. indefinite plural of gave

Venetian[edit]

Verb[edit]

gaver

  1. Alternative form of aver
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