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avoir
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)
- asset, possession
Verb
avoir
- (transitive) to have (to own; to possess)
- (intransitive, with à) to have (to), must
- (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
- (transitive) to have (a condition)
- (transitive) to have (a measure or age)
- to have (to trick)
- 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
- to have
- (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
- to have
- (auxiliary) to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
- 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)
- 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.
- C'est mes avoirs, c'est mes tresorz.
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
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)
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viscous
English
Etymology
First attested in 1605. Borrowed from Middle French visqueux and Late Latin visc?sus, from Latin viscum (“birdlime”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?v?s.k?s/
- Homophone: viscus
- Rhymes: -?sk?s
Adjective
viscous (comparative more viscous, superlative most viscous)
- Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid.
- (physics) Of or pertaining to viscosity.
Synonyms
- (having a thick consistency): syrupy, viscid, viscose, thickflowing
Antonyms
- (physics): inviscid
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin visc?sus, from Latin viscum.
Adjective
viscous m (oblique and nominative feminine singular viscouse)
- viscous (of a liquid, thick; tending to flow slowly)
Descendants
- Middle French: visqueux
- French: visqueux
- ? English: viscous
References
- viscous on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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