dauber
See also: Dauber
English
Etymology
From Middle English daubere, equivalent to daub + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɔːbə(ɹ)/
Noun
dauber (plural daubers)
- (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.
- (copperplate printing) A pad or ball of rags, covered with canvas, for inking plates.
- Synonyms: dabber, inkball
- 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?
- (archaic) A low and gross flatterer.
- The mud wasp; the mud dauber.
Derived terms
- dirt-dauber
Translations
unskillful painter
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Anagrams
- Bauder, ear bud, ear-bud, earbud, redaub
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do.be/
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Verb
dauber
- (dated) to hit; to strike
- (by extension) to insult; to denigrate; to defame
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “dauber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- dober
Etymology
Origin obscure. Probably from a merger of Latin dealbāre (“to whiten”), Frankish *dubban (“to hit, push”),and Old Norse dubba (“to dub, arm, equip, furnish”).
Verb
dauber
- to whiten; whitewash
- to provide with; to furnish with
- to hit; to strike
- 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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite 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 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | daube | — | daubons | daubez | — | ||
Related terms
- adober
Descendants
- English: daub
- French: dauber