dauber

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English

Etymology

From Middle English daubere, equivalent to daub +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

dauber (plural daubers)

  1. (derogatory) One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:unskilled person
    • 1853, Shearjashub Spooner, Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3)‎, page 140:
      After he had exerted all his powers to produce a masterpiece of art, the canons, upon viewing the picture, pronounced it a contemptible performance, and the artist a miserable dauber; and Vandyck could hardly obtain payment for his work.
    • 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Good Wives:
      I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a common-place dauber, so I don't intend to try any more.
    • 2015, Erich Maria Remarque, The Promised Land‎, Random House, →ISBN, page 412:
      I'm not a good painter; I'm a dauber who can get a good likeness. Van Gogh or Cézanne would never have made it; I was given a bottle of Beaujolais and a set of directions.
  2. (copperplate printing) A pad or ball of rags, covered with canvas, for inking plates.
    Synonyms: dabber, inkball
  3. A type of thick marker pen used to mark a bingo card.
    Synonyms: dabber, dobber
    • 2007, “Fluorescent Adolescent”, in Favourite Worst Nightmare, performed by Arctic Monkeys:
      Said she wasn't going but she went still / Likes her gentlemen not to be gentle / Was it a Mecca dauber or a betting pencil?
  4. (archaic) A low and gross flatterer.
  5. The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /do.be/
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Verb

dauber

  1. (dated) to hit; to strike
  2. (by extension) to insult; to denigrate; to defame
  3. to stink

Conjugation

Conjugation of dauber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dauber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple daubant
/do.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle daubé
/do.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present daube
/dob/ 		daubes
/dob/ 		daube
/dob/ 		daubons
/do.bɔ̃/ 		daubez
/do.be/ 		daubent
/dob/
imperfect daubais
/do.bɛ/ 		daubais
/do.bɛ/ 		daubait
/do.bɛ/ 		daubions
/do.bjɔ̃/ 		daubiez
/do.bje/ 		daubaient
/do.bɛ/
past historic2 daubai
/do.be/ 		daubas
/do.ba/ 		dauba
/do.ba/ 		daubâmes
/do.bam/ 		daubâtes
/do.bat/ 		daubèrent
/do.bɛʁ/
future dauberai
/do.bʁe/ 		dauberas
/do.bʁa/ 		daubera
/do.bʁa/ 		dauberons
/do.bʁɔ̃/ 		dauberez
/do.bʁe/ 		dauberont
/do.bʁɔ̃/
conditional dauberais
/do.bʁɛ/ 		dauberais
/do.bʁɛ/ 		dauberait
/do.bʁɛ/ 		dauberions
/do.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		dauberiez
/do.bə.ʁje/ 		dauberaient
/do.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 daube
/dob/ 		daubes
/dob/ 		daube
/dob/ 		daubions
/do.bjɔ̃/ 		daubiez
/do.bje/ 		daubent
/dob/
imperfect2 daubasse
/do.bas/ 		daubasses
/do.bas/ 		daubât
/do.ba/ 		daubassions
/do.ba.sjɔ̃/ 		daubassiez
/do.ba.sje/ 		daubassent
/do.bas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — daube
/dob/ 		— daubons
/do.bɔ̃/ 		daubez
/do.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Origin obscure. Probably from a merger of Latin dealbō (“to whiten”) and the Germanic root of adober (“to knight, equip”).

Verb

dauber

  1. to whiten; whitewash
  2. to provide with; to furnish with
  3. to hit; to strike
  4. to insult; to denigrate; to defame

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-b, *-bs, *-bt are modified to p, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of dauber (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive dauber avoir daubé
gerund en daubant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle daubant
past participle daubé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present daup daubes daube daubons daubez daubent
imperfect dauboie, daubeie, dauboe, daubeve dauboies, daubeies, dauboes, daubeves dauboit, daubeit, daubot, daubeve daubiiens, daubiens daubiiez, daubiez dauboient, daubeient, dauboent, daubevent
preterite daubai daubas dauba daubames daubastes dauberent
future dauberai dauberas daubera dauberons dauberoiz, daubereiz, dauberez dauberont
conditional dauberoie, daubereie dauberoies, daubereies dauberoit, daubereit dauberiiens, dauberiens dauberiiez, dauberiez dauberoient, daubereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present daup daus daut daubons daubez daubent
imperfect daubasse daubasses daubast daubissons, daubissiens daubissoiz, daubissez, daubissiez daubassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— daube — daubons daubez —

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  • English: daub
  • French: dauber
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