gorger

English

Etymology 1

gorge +‎ -er

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. One who gorges
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Compare gadje.

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From gorge (“throat”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/

Verb

gorger

  1. to gorge oneself (eat greedily)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of gorger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle gorgeant
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/
past participle gorgé
/ɡɔʁ.ʒe/
infinitive
simple gorger
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple gorgeant
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/
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 gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/		 gorges
/ɡɔʁʒ/		 gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/		 gorgeons
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/		 gorgez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒe/		 gorgent
/ɡɔʁʒ/
imperfect gorgeais
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/		 gorgeais
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/		 gorgeait
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/		 gorgions
/ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/		 gorgiez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒje/		 gorgeaient
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 gorgeai
/ɡɔʁ.ʒe/		 gorgeas
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa/		 gorgea
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa/		 gorgeâmes
/ɡɔʁ.ʒam/		 gorgeâtes
/ɡɔʁ.ʒat/		 gorgèrent
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛʁ/
future gorgerai
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/		 gorgeras
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/		 gorgera
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/		 gorgerons
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/		 gorgerez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/		 gorgeront
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gorgerais
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/		 gorgerais
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/		 gorgerait
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/		 gorgerions
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/		 gorgeriez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁje/		 gorgeraient
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.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 gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/		 gorges
/ɡɔʁʒ/		 gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/		 gorgions
/ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/		 gorgiez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒje/		 gorgent
/ɡɔʁʒ/
imperfect2 gorgeasse
/ɡɔʁ.ʒas/		 gorgeasses
/ɡɔʁ.ʒas/		 gorgeât
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa/		 gorgeassions
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/		 gorgeassiez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sje/		 gorgeassent
/ɡɔʁ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/		 — gorgeons
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/		 gorgez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒe/		 —
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).

Derived terms
  • se gorger

Further reading
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