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gorger
gorger
English
Noun
gorger (plural gorgers)
- One who gorges
Synonyms
- See Wikisaurus:glutton
Etymology 2
Noun
gorger (plural gorgers)
- Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller
- 2010, Margaret Greenfields and David Martin Smith, "Housed Gypsy Travellers, Social Segregation and the Reconstruction of Communities", published in Housing Studies volume 25, issue 3 p. 397, April 27, 2010
- "The majority of these young people were interrelated and a number were of 'mixed' Gypsy/gorger (non-Gypsy) ancestry."
- 2010, Margaret Greenfields and David Martin Smith, "Housed Gypsy Travellers, Social Segregation and the Reconstruction of Communities", published in Housing Studies volume 25, issue 3 p. 397, April 27, 2010
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From gorge (“throat”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/
Verb
gorger
- to gorge
Derived terms
- se gorger
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of gorger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | gorger | avoir gorgé | |||||
| gerund | en gorgeant | en ayant gorgé | |||||
| present participle | gorgeant /ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gorgé /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gorge /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
gorges /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
gorge /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
gorgeons /ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
gorgez /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
gorgent /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | gorgeais /ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
gorgeais /ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
gorgeait /ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
gorgions /ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
gorgiez /ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ |
gorgeaient /ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gorgeai /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
gorgeas /ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
gorgea /ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
gorgeâmes /ɡɔʁ.ʒam/ |
gorgeâtes /ɡɔʁ.ʒat/ |
gorgèrent /ɡɔʁ.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | gorgerai /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
gorgeras /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
gorgera /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
gorgerons /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
gorgerez /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
gorgeront /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | gorgerais /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
gorgerais /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
gorgerait /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
gorgerions /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
gorgeriez /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
gorgeraient /ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | gorge /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
gorges /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
gorge /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
gorgions /ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
gorgiez /ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ |
gorgent /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
gorgeasse /ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
gorgeasses /ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
gorgeât /ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
gorgeassions /ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
gorgeassiez /ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
gorgeassent /ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | gorge /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
— | gorgeons /ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
gorgez /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
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