caver
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A caver.
See also: Caver
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Noun
caver (plural cavers)
- A person who explores caves.
- Synonym: spelunker
- 2007 September 29, Kate Humble, “What lies beneath”, in The Guardian:
- Pam has been caving for 25 years. She and her husband Tim are among the top cavers in the country. They are passionate about the world hidden beneath our feet and they were to be my instructors and guides on my first ever foray below ground that didn't involve getting on the tube.
- (mining, obsolete) One who works the tailings of a mine to extract small pieces of marketable ore.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
caver
Conjugation
Conjugation of caver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | caver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | cavant /ka.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | cavé /ka.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | cave /kav/ |
caves /kav/ |
cave /kav/ |
cavons /ka.vɔ̃/ |
cavez /ka.ve/ |
cavent /kav/ |
| imperfect | cavais /ka.vɛ/ |
cavais /ka.vɛ/ |
cavait /ka.vɛ/ |
cavions /ka.vjɔ̃/ |
caviez /ka.vje/ |
cavaient /ka.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | cavai /ka.ve/ |
cavas /ka.va/ |
cava /ka.va/ |
cavâmes /ka.vam/ |
cavâtes /ka.vat/ |
cavèrent /ka.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | caverai /ka.vʁe/ |
caveras /ka.vʁa/ |
cavera /ka.vʁa/ |
caverons /ka.vʁɔ̃/ |
caverez /ka.vʁe/ |
caveront /ka.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | caverais /ka.vʁɛ/ |
caverais /ka.vʁɛ/ |
caverait /ka.vʁɛ/ |
caverions /ka.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
caveriez /ka.və.ʁje/ |
caveraient /ka.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 | cave /kav/ |
caves /kav/ |
cave /kav/ |
cavions /ka.vjɔ̃/ |
caviez /ka.vje/ |
cavent /kav/ |
| imperfect2 | cavasse /ka.vas/ |
cavasses /ka.vas/ |
cavât /ka.va/ |
cavassions /ka.va.sjɔ̃/ |
cavassiez /ka.va.sje/ |
cavassent /ka.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | cave /kav/ |
— | cavons /ka.vɔ̃/ |
cavez /ka.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “caver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.u̯er/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.ver/,
Verb
caver