gober

See also: Gober

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *gobbos, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“muzzle, snout, beak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵoph₃o- (“eat, masticate (of animals)”). Compare Irish gob, Scottish Gaelic gob (“beak, bill”) and English gob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ.be/

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Verb

gober

1. to swallow whole
2. (figuratively) to believe easily, without evidence; to buy
3. (France, slang) to ingest drugs, especially ecstasy or LSD

Conjugation

Conjugation of gober (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gober
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gobant /ɡɔ.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gobé /ɡɔ.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gobe /ɡɔb/	gobes /ɡɔb/	gobe /ɡɔb/	gobons /ɡɔ.bɔ̃/	gobez /ɡɔ.be/	gobent /ɡɔb/
	imperfect	gobais /ɡɔ.bɛ/	gobais /ɡɔ.bɛ/	gobait /ɡɔ.bɛ/	gobions /ɡɔ.bjɔ̃/	gobiez /ɡɔ.bje/	gobaient /ɡɔ.bɛ/
	past historic2	gobai /ɡɔ.be/	gobas /ɡɔ.ba/	goba /ɡɔ.ba/	gobâmes /ɡɔ.bam/	gobâtes /ɡɔ.bat/	gobèrent /ɡɔ.bɛʁ/
	future	goberai /ɡɔ.bʁe/	goberas /ɡɔ.bʁa/	gobera /ɡɔ.bʁa/	goberons /ɡɔ.bʁɔ̃/	goberez /ɡɔ.bʁe/	goberont /ɡɔ.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	goberais /ɡɔ.bʁɛ/	goberais /ɡɔ.bʁɛ/	goberait /ɡɔ.bʁɛ/	goberions /ɡɔ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	goberiez /ɡɔ.bə.ʁje/	goberaient /ɡɔ.bʁɛ/
(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	gobe /ɡɔb/	gobes /ɡɔb/	gobe /ɡɔb/	gobions /ɡɔ.bjɔ̃/	gobiez /ɡɔ.bje/	gobent /ɡɔb/
	imperfect2	gobasse /ɡɔ.bas/	gobasses /ɡɔ.bas/	gobât /ɡɔ.ba/	gobassions /ɡɔ.ba.sjɔ̃/	gobassiez /ɡɔ.ba.sje/	gobassent /ɡɔ.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gobe /ɡɔb/	—	gobons /ɡɔ.bɔ̃/	gobez /ɡɔ.be/	—
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).

Derived terms

• gobeur