gaver

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See also: Gaver, gavër, and gåver

Danish

Noun

gaver c

  1. indefinite plural of gave

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Adjective

gaver

  1. comparative degree of gaaf

French

Etymology

From Old French dialect gave, doublet of joue (“cheek”).

Pronunciation

Verb

gaver

  1. (transitive) to force-feed
    • 2015 January, Virginie Despentes, Vernon Subutex, volume 1, Éditions Grasset, →ISBN, page 11; republished as Frank Wynne, transl., 2018:
      Eliminer son prochain est la règle d’or de jeux dont on les a gavés au biberon. Comment leur demander, aujourd’hui, de trouver ça morbide ?
      Eliminate thy neighbour is the golden rule of the games they have been spoonfed since childhood. How can one now expect them to find it morbid?
  2. (reflexive) to gorge oneself; to overeat
    • 1904, Jean Morovan, Le Soldat Impérial (1800-1814)‎, volume 1, Plon, →OCLC, page 300:
      Les élèves profitent des séances de levés de plan ou de tir au canon pour se gaver de patisseries ; il en résulte pour eux force indigestions ; le médecin trouve plaisamment « le canon de l’école aussi dangereux que celui de l’ennemi » …
      The students took the opportunity of classes on shooting cannons to gorge themselves on pastries; this resulted in much indigestion, to the point a doctor jokingly opined that "the school's cannon is as dangerous as the enemy's" …
  3. (transitive, slang) to fill up, exasperate
    Synonym: souler
    Tu me gaves avec tes reproches

Conjugation

Conjugation of gaver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gaver
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gavant
/ɡa.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gavé
/ɡa.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gave
/ɡav/ 		gaves
/ɡav/ 		gave
/ɡav/ 		gavons
/ɡa.vɔ̃/ 		gavez
/ɡa.ve/ 		gavent
/ɡav/
imperfect gavais
/ɡa.vɛ/ 		gavais
/ɡa.vɛ/ 		gavait
/ɡa.vɛ/ 		gavions
/ɡa.vjɔ̃/ 		gaviez
/ɡa.vje/ 		gavaient
/ɡa.vɛ/
past historic2 gavai
/ɡa.ve/ 		gavas
/ɡa.va/ 		gava
/ɡa.va/ 		gavâmes
/ɡa.vam/ 		gavâtes
/ɡa.vat/ 		gavèrent
/ɡa.vɛʁ/
future gaverai
/ɡa.vʁe/ 		gaveras
/ɡa.vʁa/ 		gavera
/ɡa.vʁa/ 		gaverons
/ɡa.vʁɔ̃/ 		gaverez
/ɡa.vʁe/ 		gaveront
/ɡa.vʁɔ̃/
conditional gaverais
/ɡa.vʁɛ/ 		gaverais
/ɡa.vʁɛ/ 		gaverait
/ɡa.vʁɛ/ 		gaverions
/ɡa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gaveriez
/ɡa.və.ʁje/ 		gaveraient
/ɡa.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 gave
/ɡav/ 		gaves
/ɡav/ 		gave
/ɡav/ 		gavions
/ɡa.vjɔ̃/ 		gaviez
/ɡa.vje/ 		gavent
/ɡav/
imperfect2 gavasse
/ɡa.vas/ 		gavasses
/ɡa.vas/ 		gavât
/ɡa.va/ 		gavassions
/ɡa.va.sjɔ̃/ 		gavassiez
/ɡa.va.sje/ 		gavassent
/ɡa.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gave
/ɡav/ 		— gavons
/ɡa.vɔ̃/ 		gavez
/ɡa.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:
  • 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).

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Noun

gaver m or f

  1. indefinite plural of gave

Venetan

Verb

gaver

  1. Alternative form of aver
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