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.
- Tomlinson
Translations
burin
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carver or engraver
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Etymology 2
Adjective
graver
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
graver c (singular definite graveren, plural indefinite gravere)
Declension
Declension of graver
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | graver | graveren | gravere | graverne |
| genitive | gravers | graverens | graveres | gravernes |
Verb
graver
- imperative of gravere
References
- “graver” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Frankish *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną. Akin to English grave (“pit for burial”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.ve/
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Verb
graver
Conjugation
Conjugation of graver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | graver | avoir gravé | |||||
| gerund | en gravant | en ayant gravé | |||||
| present participle | gravant /ɡʁa.vɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | gravé /ɡʁa.ve/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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 historic1 | 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grave /ɡʁav/ |
graves /ɡʁav/ |
grave /ɡʁav/ |
gravions /ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
graviez /ɡʁa.vje/ |
gravent /ɡʁav/ |
| imperfect1 | gravasse /ɡʁa.vas/ |
gravasses /ɡʁa.vas/ |
gravât /ɡʁa.va/ |
gravassions /ɡʁa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
gravassiez /ɡʁa.va.sje/ |
gravassent /ɡʁa.vas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | grave /ɡʁav/ |
— | gravons /ɡʁa.vɔ̃/ |
gravez /ɡʁa.ve/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “graver” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
graver
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of gravō
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
graver m, f
- indefinite plural of grav
Verb
graver
- present tense of grave
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
graver f
- indefinite plural of grav
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