engraver
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Noun
engraver (plural engravers)
Derived terms
Translations
person who engraves
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tool used in this process
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French engraver. By surface analysis, en- + graver.
Pronunciation
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Verb
engraver
Conjugation
Conjugation of engraver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | engraver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | engravant /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | engravé /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/ |
engraves /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/ |
engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/ |
engravons /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɔ̃/ |
engravez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.ve/ |
engravent /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/ |
| imperfect | engravais /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
engravais /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
engravait /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛ/ |
engravions /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
engraviez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vje/ |
engravaient /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | engravai /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.ve/ |
engravas /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va/ |
engrava /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va/ |
engravâmes /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vam/ |
engravâtes /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vat/ |
engravèrent /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | engraverai /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁe/ |
engraveras /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁa/ |
engravera /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁa/ |
engraverons /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/ |
engraverez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁe/ |
engraveront /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | engraverais /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
engraverais /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
engraverait /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vʁɛ/ |
engraverions /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
engraveriez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.və.ʁje/ |
engraveraient /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.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 | engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/ |
engraves /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/ |
engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/ |
engravions /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
engraviez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vje/ |
engravent /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/ |
| imperfect2 | engravasse /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vas/ |
engravasses /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vas/ |
engravât /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va/ |
engravassions /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va.sjɔ̃/ |
engravassiez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.va.sje/ |
engravassent /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | engrave /ɑ̃.ɡʁav/ |
— | engravons /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɔ̃/ |
engravez /ɑ̃.ɡʁa.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “engraver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.