gave
French, noun
gave is spelled G-A-V-E (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,679th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gave is a French masculine noun meaning “mountain torrent, watercourse, gorge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of gaver. With an accent, gavé is a different word: “stuffed (full of food)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cours d’eau qui descend des montagnes pyrénéennes”.
What does gave mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemountain torrent, watercourse, gorge.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
slangstuffed (full of food)
verb
- 1
past participle of gaver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cours d’eau qui descend des montagnes pyrénéennes.
noun: 1. Gosier d’oiseau, jabot.
adjective: 1. Nourri avec excès.
adverb: 1. (Bordelais et Périgourdin) Beaucoup, très.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gave
- gaves plural
- gavée feminine
- gavés masculine plural
- gavées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gave in French?
gave appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).