engraver
English
Etymology
engrave + -er
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Noun
engraver (plural engravers)
- a person who engraves
- a tool used in this process
Translations
person who engraves
|
tool used in this process
|
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French engraver, equivalent to en- + graver.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
engraver
- (transitive, nautical) to ground
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.