gerber
See also: Gerber
French
Etymology
From Middle French gerber, from gerbe (“sheaf”), from Old French jarbe, garbe (“sheaf, ear of grain, wreath”), from Frankish *garba (“sheaf”), from Proto-Germanic *garbō (“sheaf”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to snatch, take, rake”). Cognate with Old High German garba (“sheaf”), Middle Low German garve (“sheaf”). More at garb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒɛʁ.be/
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Verb
gerber
- to sheave
- to stack
- (slang) to puke, to throw up
- Synonym: dégueuler
Conjugation
Conjugation of gerber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gerber | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gerbant /ʒɛʁ.bɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gerbé /ʒɛʁ.be/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ | gerbes /ʒɛʁb/ | gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ | gerbons /ʒɛʁ.bɔ̃/ | gerbez /ʒɛʁ.be/ | gerbent /ʒɛʁb/ |
| imperfect | gerbais /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/ | gerbais /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/ | gerbait /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/ | gerbions /ʒɛʁ.bjɔ̃/ | gerbiez /ʒɛʁ.bje/ | gerbaient /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gerbai /ʒɛʁ.be/ | gerbas /ʒɛʁ.ba/ | gerba /ʒɛʁ.ba/ | gerbâmes /ʒɛʁ.bam/ | gerbâtes /ʒɛʁ.bat/ | gerbèrent /ʒɛʁ.bɛʁ/ | |
| future | gerberai /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁe/ | gerberas /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁa/ | gerbera /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁa/ | gerberons /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ | gerberez /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁe/ | gerberont /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gerberais /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | gerberais /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | gerberait /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | gerberions /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/ | gerberiez /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁje/ | gerberaient /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ | gerbes /ʒɛʁb/ | gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ | gerbions /ʒɛʁ.bjɔ̃/ | gerbiez /ʒɛʁ.bje/ | gerbent /ʒɛʁb/ |
| imperfect2 | gerbasse /ʒɛʁ.bas/ | gerbasses /ʒɛʁ.bas/ | gerbât /ʒɛʁ.ba/ | gerbassions /ʒɛʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/ | gerbassiez /ʒɛʁ.ba.sje/ | gerbassent /ʒɛʁ.bas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gerbe /ʒɛʁb/ | — | gerbons /ʒɛʁ.bɔ̃/ | gerbez /ʒɛʁ.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- à gerber
Related terms
- gerbe
- gerbeur
Further reading
- “gerber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- berger
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Pronunciation
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Noun
gerber m (plural gerbyn)
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