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French

Alternative forms

• havoir

Etymology

From Middle French avoir, from Old French avoir, aveir, aver, from Latin habe? (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *hab?? or *ha???, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?h?b?- (“to grab, to take”). Influenced and reinforced by similar (yet etymologically unrelated) verbs in Germanic; compare Frankish *hab?n, Frankish *heb?n (“to have”), Gothic ???????????????????? (haban, “to have”).

See closer cognates in regional languages in France: Angevin avouèr, Bourbonnais-Berrichon avoér, Bourguignon aivoi, Champenois aouâr, Corsican avè, Franco-Provençal avêr, Franc-Comtois aivoi, Gallo avair, Lorrain ahoir, Norman avaer, Occitan aver, Picard avoèr, Tourangeau avouèr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.vwa?/
• Rhymes: -wa?

Noun

avoir m (plural avoirs)

1. asset, possession

Verb

avoir

1. (transitive) to have (to own; to possess)

2. (intransitive, with à) to have (to), must

3. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)

4. (transitive) to have (a condition)

5. (transitive) to have (a measure or age)

6. to have (to trick)

7. to have (to participate in an experience)

Usage notes

Avoir is often used with nouns like chaud (“heat”), faim (“hunger”), soif (“thirst”), peur (“fear”), etc. to express a personal condition or feeling, as shown in examples above. While constructions like être affamé (“to be starving/starved”) and être assoiffé (“to be thirsty”) exist, they are almost always used figuratively. It is always more natural to use avoir rather than être in the examples listed above, and other similar cases. In some cases, both verbs can be used, but with vastly different meanings:

Conjugation

Derived terms

Pages starting with “avoir”.

• il y a
• l'avoir mauvaise
• n'avoir que faire
• n'y a-t-il
• un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras
• y a-t-il
• y avoir

See also

• être

Further reading

• “avoir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• avoyr

Etymology

From Old French avoir, aveir, from Latin habe? (“have, hold, possess”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?h?b?- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?vo?er/

Verb

avoir

1. to have
2. (auxiliary) to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)

Conjugation

• Like Modern French avoir, highly irregular
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: avoir

References

• avoir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Old French

Alternative forms

• aveir, aver, avoyr

Etymology

From earlier aveir, aver, from Latin habe? (“have, hold, possess”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?voi?r/

Verb

avoir

1. to have
2. (auxiliary) to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
3. to exist (there is/there are)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Noun

avoir m (oblique plural avoirs, nominative singular avoirs, nominative plural avoir)

1. possession; good
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     C'est mes avoirs, c'est mes tresorz.

     It is my possession, it is my treasure.

Descendants

• Bourguignon: aivoi
• English: aver (from aver, aveir)
• Middle French: avoir
  • French: avoir
• Picard: avoèr
• Gallo: aveir (from aver, aveir)
• Norman: aveir, aver (from aver, aveir)
• Walloon: aveur (from aver, aveir)

Portuguese

Adjective

manchu (plural manchus, comparable)

1. Manchu (relating to the Manchu people)
2. Manchu (relating to the Manchu language)

Synonyms

• manchuriano

Noun

manchu m, f (plural manchus)

1. Manchu (person of Manchuria)

Synonyms

• manchuriano

Noun

manchu m (uncountable)

1. Manchu (Tungusic language spoken by the Manchu people)

Related terms

• Manchúria