gaver
French, verb/ɡa.ve/
gaver is spelled G-A-V-E-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaver is a French verb meaning “to force-feed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forcer certaines volailles comme les oies ou les chapons à manger beaucoup, pour les engraisser”.
What does gaver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to force-feed
- 2
to gorge oneself; to overeat
- 3
slangto fill up, exasperate
Tu me gaves avec tes reproches
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Forcer certaines volailles comme les oies ou les chapons à manger beaucoup, pour les engraisser. 2. Se nourrir avec excès. 3. Excéder, agacer, importuner.
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 gaver
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- gavant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- gavé participle past
- gave first-person indicative present
- gaves indicative present second-person
- gavons first-person indicative plural
- gavez indicative plural present
- gavent indicative plural present
- gavais first-person imperfect indicative
- gavait imperfect indicative singular
- gavions first-person imperfect indicative
- gaviez imperfect indicative plural
- gavaient imperfect indicative plural
- gavai first-person historic indicative
- gavas historic indicative past
- gava historic indicative past
- gavâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gaver?
- /ɡa.ve/
- \ɡa.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gaver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gaver in French?
gaver appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).