graver
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English gravere, gravoure, gravor, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) + -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.
Noun
graver (plural gravers)
- a burin
- a carver, sculptor, or engraver
- Tomlinson
- The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.
- James Barry
- […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]
- Tomlinson
Translations
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Etymology 2
Adjective
graver
- comparative form of grave: more grave
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
graver c (singular definite graveren, plural indefinite gravere)
Declension
Verb
graver
References
- “graver” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch grāvere. Equivalent to graven + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
graver m (plural gravers, diminutive gravertje n, feminine graafster)
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Frankish *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną. Akin to English grave (“pit for burial”).
Pronunciation
Verb
graver
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | graver | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | gravant /ɡʁa.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | gravé /ɡʁa.ve/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | grave /ɡʁav/ |
graves /ɡʁav/ |
grave /ɡʁav/ |
gravons /ɡʁa.vɔ̃/ |
gravez /ɡʁa.ve/ |
gravent /ɡʁav/ |
imperfect | gravais /ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
gravais /ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
gravait /ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
gravions /ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
graviez /ɡʁa.vje/ |
gravaient /ɡʁa.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | gravai /ɡʁa.ve/ |
gravas /ɡʁa.va/ |
grava /ɡʁa.va/ |
gravâmes /ɡʁa.vam/ |
gravâtes /ɡʁa.vat/ |
gravèrent /ɡʁa.vɛʁ/ | |
future | graverai /ɡʁa.vʁe/ |
graveras /ɡʁa.vʁa/ |
gravera /ɡʁa.vʁa/ |
graverons /ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/ |
graverez /ɡʁa.vʁe/ |
graveront /ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | graverais /ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
graverais /ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
graverait /ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
graverions /ɡʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
graveriez /ɡʁa.və.ʁje/ |
graveraient /ɡʁa.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 | grave /ɡʁav/ |
graves /ɡʁav/ |
grave /ɡʁav/ |
gravions /ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
graviez /ɡʁa.vje/ |
gravent /ɡʁav/ |
imperfect2 | gravasse /ɡʁa.vas/ |
gravasses /ɡʁa.vas/ |
gravât /ɡʁa.va/ |
gravassions /ɡʁa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
gravassiez /ɡʁa.va.sje/ |
gravassent /ɡʁa.vas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | grave /ɡʁav/ |
— | gravons /ɡʁa.vɔ̃/ |
gravez /ɡʁa.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “graver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) graver
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
graver m (definite singular graveren, indefinite plural gravere, definite plural graverne)
Derived terms
See also
- gravar (Nynorsk)
Etymology 2
Noun
graver m or f
- indefinite plural of grav
Etymology 3
Verb
graver
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
graver f
- indefinite plural of grav
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