Definitions and meaning of haver
haver
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Scots haiver.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈheɪvə/
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- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
- Hyphenation: ha‧ver
- Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Verb
haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)
- (British) To hem and haw.
- (Scotland) To talk foolishly; to chatter.
- Synonyms: babble, haiver, maunder
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Scots haver, from Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”). Cognate with Dutch haver (“oats”) and German Hafer (“oat”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈheɪvə/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈheːvəɹ/
- (Cumbria, Yorkshire) IPA(key): /ˈavə/
- Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)
Noun
haver (plural havers)
- (UK, Scotland, dialect) Oats (the cereal).
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 3
From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have + -er.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhævɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhævə/
Noun
haver (plural havers)
- One who has something (in various senses).
- (law, Scotland) The person who has custody of a document.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 4
From Hebrew חבר.
Noun
haver (plural haverim)
- Alternative form of chaver
Anagrams
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan haver, from Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əˈβɛ]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈvə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈveɾ]
Verb
haver (first-person singular present he, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (as auxiliary)
haver (first-person singular present hec or hac, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/ (as full verb)
- (auxiliary) auxiliary verb to form compound tenses or perfect tenses, together with a past participle
- (archaic) to have, to posess
Conjugation
- as auxiliary
- as full verb
Derived terms
- haver-hi
- haver de
- havedor
- temps ha
Noun
haver m (plural havers)
- a possession
- a credit
Further reading
- “haver”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “haver”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “haver” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “haver” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
From have + -er.
Noun
haver c (singular definite haveren, plural indefinite havere)
- a person who possesses or is in possession of something
- magt ("power, rule") → magthaver ("ruler")
Declension
Noun
haver c
- indefinite plural of have
References
- “haver” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦaː.vər/
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- Rhymes: -aːvər
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch *havara, from Proto-West Germanic *habrō, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. Cognate with Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.
Noun
haver m (uncountable, diminutive havertje n)
- any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena
- (particularly) Avena sativa, the cereal oat
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: hawer
- Jersey Dutch: hâver
- →⇒ English: haversack
- → Papiamentu: haver
- → West Frisian: haver (dialectal)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
haver
- inflection of haveren:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Galician
Verb
haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houvem or houve, past participle havido, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of haber
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- “haver” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver), from Hebrew חבר (khaver, “friend”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒvɛr]
- Hyphenation: ha‧ver
- Rhymes: -ɛr
Noun
haver (plural haverok)
- (slang) pal, buddy, dude
- Synonyms: barát, cimbora, pajtás
- (derogatory) accomplice (partner in crime)
- Synonyms: cinkostárs, bűntárs
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- haver in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- haver in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
Italian
Verb
haver (apocopated)
- Apocopic form of havere
Ladino
Etymology
From Hebrew חבר (khavér).
Noun
haver m (Hebrew spelling חאב׳יר, plural haverim)
- partner, comrade, associate
Further reading
- Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ḥaƀer”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol (in Spanish), CSIC
- Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “javér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 253
- Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “haver”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 193
Old Galician-Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Galicia) IPA(key): /aˈβeɾ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /aˈβeɾ/, /aˈveɾ/
Verb
haver
- Alternative spelling of aver
Conjugation
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to have, to hold, to possess”). Compare Galician haber. Cognate of Spanish haber, French avoir, and Italian avere.
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈve(h)/
- Homophone: a ver
- Hyphenation: ha‧ver
Verb
haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houve, past participle havido)
- (impersonal, transitive) there be; exist
- Synonym: (Brazil, Angola) ter
- (impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur
- (impersonal, transitive) ago (indicates the time since something occurred)
- to have
- (auxiliary, formal, archaic in the present indicative tense, taking a masculine singular past participle) used in forming the perfect aspect
- Synonym: ter
- (archaic, transitive) to own; to possess
- (auxiliary, with de + infinitive) See haver de.
- (Brazil, transitive) to recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)
- Synonym: reaver
- (pronominal) to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)
Conjugation
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:haver.
Synonyms
- (shall): ir
- (form the perfect tense): ter
- (to exist): existir, ter (Brazil)
- (to happen): acontecer, ocorrer, produzir-se, realizar-se, sobrevir, suceder
- (to own): deter, possuir, ter
- (to regain): reaver, recuperar
- (ago): fazer
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to exist”): inexistir
Derived terms
Noun
haver m (plural haveres)
- credit
- (in the plural) belongings
- (in the plural) assets
Romansch
Alternative forms
- avair (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader)
- adaver, aver, ver (Sutsilvan)
Etymology
From Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”).
Verb
haver
- (Sursilvan) to have
Conjugation
Scots
Etymology 1
From Middle English haver, from Old Norse hafri (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Germanic *habrô (“oat, oats”), from Proto-Indo-European *kapro- (“goat”).
Noun
haver (uncountable)
- oats
Derived terms
- havermeal (“oatmeal, half-ground meal”)
- haverpoke (“horse's nosebag”)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle haverin, simple past havert, past participle havert)
- Alternative form of haiver
Swedish
Verb
haver
- has, have; present indicative of hava, an older form of har
Anagrams
Source: wiktionary.org