gaver

See also: Gaver, gavër, and gåver

Danish

Noun

gaver c

1. indefinite plural of gave

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French dialect gave, doublet of joue (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ve/

Verb

gaver

1. (transitive) to force-feed
2. (transitive, slang) to fill up, exasperate
   • Tu me gaves avec tes reproches

Conjugation

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).

Anagrams

• grave, gravé

Synonyms

• (fill up): souler

Further reading

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gaver m or f

1. indefinite plural of gave

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Venetian

Verb

gaver

1. Alternative form of aver