claver
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
claver (countable and uncountable, plural clavers)
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chatter.
- 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers.
Verb edit
claver (third-person singular simple present clavers, present participle clavering, simple past and past participle clavered)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
claver (uncountable)
- Obsolete form of clover.
- 1636, G[eorge] S[andys], “[A Paraphrase upon the Second Booke of the Psalmes of David.] Psalme LXV.”, in A Paraphrase upon the Psalmes of David. And upon the Hymnes Dispersed throughout the Old and New Testaments, London: [Andrew Hebb […]], →OCLC, page 101:
- He Raine upon her [the Earth's] boſom poures; / His ſvvelling clouds abound vvith ſhoures: / […] / The Deſert with ſvveet claver fills; / And richly ſhades the joyfull Hills.
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Verb edit
claver
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of claver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | claver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | clavant /kla.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | clavé /kla.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | clave /klav/ |
claves /klav/ |
clave /klav/ |
clavons /kla.vɔ̃/ |
clavez /kla.ve/ |
clavent /klav/ |
| imperfect | clavais /kla.vɛ/ |
clavais /kla.vɛ/ |
clavait /kla.vɛ/ |
clavions /kla.vjɔ̃/ |
claviez /kla.vje/ |
clavaient /kla.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | clavai /kla.ve/ |
clavas /kla.va/ |
clava /kla.va/ |
clavâmes /kla.vam/ |
clavâtes /kla.vat/ |
clavèrent /kla.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | claverai /kla.vʁe/ |
claveras /kla.vʁa/ |
clavera /kla.vʁa/ |
claverons /kla.vʁɔ̃/ |
claverez /kla.vʁe/ |
claveront /kla.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | claverais /kla.vʁɛ/ |
claverais /kla.vʁɛ/ |
claverait /kla.vʁɛ/ |
claverions /kla.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
claveriez /kla.və.ʁje/ |
claveraient /kla.vʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | clave /klav/ |
claves /klav/ |
clave /klav/ |
clavions /kla.vjɔ̃/ |
claviez /kla.vje/ |
clavent /klav/ |
| imperfect2 | clavasse /kla.vas/ |
clavasses /kla.vas/ |
clavât /kla.va/ |
clavassions /kla.va.sjɔ̃/ |
clavassiez /kla.va.sje/ |
clavassent /kla.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | clave /klav/ |
— | clavons /kla.vɔ̃/ |
clavez /kla.ve/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “claver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
claver
- Alternative form of clovere
Scots edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Perhaps compare Gaelic clabaire (“prattler”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
claver (third-person singular simple present clavers, present participle claverin, simple past clavert, past participle clavert)
- to gossip, chat idly
- 1817, Rob Roy, Walter Scott, II.3:
- ‘he'll claver wi' her, or ony ither idle slut, rather than hear what might do him gude a' the days of his life, frae you or me, Mr. Hammorgaw, or ony ither sober and sponsible person.’
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