engraver

English

Etymology

engrave +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

engraver (plural engravers)

  1. a person who engraves
  2. a tool used in this process

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French engraver, equivalent to en- +‎ graver.

Verb

engraver

  1. (transitive, nautical) to ground

Conjugation
Conjugation of engraver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle engravant
/ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɑ̃/
past participle engravé
/ɑ̃.ɡʁa.ve/
infinitive
simple engraver
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple engravant
/ɑ̃.ɡʁa.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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