graver

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, 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.

graver (plural gravers)

1. (dated) a burin
2. (obsolete) a carver, sculptor, or engraver
   • 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.

   • a. 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Ital:

     […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]

From grave (adjective) +‎ -er.

graver

1. comparative form of grave: more grave

• Garver

graver c (singular definite graveren, plural indefinite gravere)

1. gravedigger

graver

1. present tense of grave
2. imperative of gravere

• “graver” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch grāvere. Equivalent to graven +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣraː.vər/

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• Hyphenation: gra‧ver
• Rhymes: -aːvər

graver m (plural gravers, diminutive gravertje n, feminine graafster)

1. a digger, someone who digs

From Old French, from Frankish *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną. Akin to English grave (“pit for burial”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.ve/

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graver

1. to engrave
2. to carve (wood)
3. to burn (data, onto a CD, DVD, etc.)

• Not to be confused with gravir.

• gravé dans le marbre
• graveur
• gravure

• → Portuguese: gravar
• → Spanish: grabar

• “graver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Dutch graveur, from French graveur.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡraver]
• Hyphenation: gra‧vér

gravér (plural graver-graver)

1. engraver:
   1. a person who engraves

      Synonyms: juru ukir, pengukir

   2. a tool used in this process

• “graver” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

graver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of gravō

graver

1. alternative form of gravere

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrɑːʋər/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːʋər
• Hyphenation: grav‧er

From grave +‎ -er.

graver m (definite singular graveren, indefinite plural gravere, definite plural graverne)

1. a digger, gravedigger

• gullgraver

• gravar (Nynorsk)

graver m or f

1. indefinite plural of grav

graver m

1. indefinite plural of grave

graver

1. present tense of grave
2. imperative of gravere

• “graver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “graver” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

graver f

1. indefinite plural of grav