different between graver vs graved

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?v?(?)/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gravere, gravoure, gravor, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) +? -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

Noun

graver (plural gravers)

1. a burin
2. a carver, sculptor, or engraver
   • 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.

   • a. 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Ital

     […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]

Translations

Etymology 2

From grave +? -er.

Adjective

graver

1. comparative form of grave: more grave

Anagrams

• Garver

Danish

Noun

graver c (singular definite graveren, plural indefinite gravere)

1. gravedigger

Declension

Verb

graver

1. imperative of gravere

References

• “graver” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gr?vere. Equivalent to graven +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ra?.v?r/
• Hyphenation: gra?ver
• Rhymes: -a?v?r

Noun

graver m (plural gravers, diminutive gravertje n, feminine graafster)

1. A digger, someone who digs.

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Frankish *graban, from Proto-Germanic *graban?. Akin to English grave (“pit for burial”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.ve/

Verb

graver

1. to engrave
2. to carve (wood)
3. to burn (data, onto a CD)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• gravé dans le marbre
• graveur

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

graver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of grav?

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??r????r/
• Rhymes: -????r
• Hyphenation: grav?er

Etymology 1

From grave +? -er

Noun

graver m (definite singular graveren, indefinite plural gravere, definite plural graverne)

1. a digger, gravedigger

Derived terms

• gullgraver

See also

• gravar (Nynorsk)

Etymology 2

Noun

graver m or f

1. indefinite plural of grav

Etymology 3

graver m

1. indefinite plural of grave

Etymology 4

Verb

graver

1. present tense of grave
2. imperative of gravere

References

• “graver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “graver” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

graver f

1. indefinite plural of grav

English

Alternative forms

• grove (simple past)
• graven (past particlple)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?vd/

Verb

graved

1. simple past tense of grave

Anagrams

• Rg Veda, Rgveda