hâve

See also: have

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French have, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French have, from Old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *haswi (“grey-coloured, grey”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *haswijaz, *haswaz (“grey”) (compare Middle High German heswe (“pale”), Old English hasu (“dark, sombre”); see also German Hase (“hare”)). More at hazy.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /av/ ~ /ɑv/

Adjective

hâve (plural hâves)

1. gaunt; pale and thin

Further reading

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