haver

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Scots haiver. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈheɪvə/ (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) (UK) 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, Northern England) The cereal grain of cultivated oats (Avena sativa). (UK, Scotland, Northern England, now rare) The plant or the grain of common wild oats (Avena fatua). ===== Derived terms ===== haver bread haver-grass ===== Related terms ===== haversack === 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 ===== holder possessor ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === Borrowed from Hebrew חבר. ==== Noun ==== haver (plural haverim) Alternative form of chaver. === Anagrams === Havre == Catalan == === Alternative forms === heure (Eastern) haure (Western) === 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): (Northern) [əˈβe̞] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈvə] IPA(key): (Central) [əˈβɛ] IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈveɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [aˈβe] === Verb === haver (first-person singular present he, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (as auxiliary) haver (first-person singular present hec or hac, first-person singular preterite haguí, past participle hagut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ (as full verb) (auxiliary) auxiliary verb to form compound tenses or perfect tenses, together with a past participle (archaic) to have, to possess ==== 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], April 2007 “haver”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “haver” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “haver”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == 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/ 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 → Indonesian: haver → 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 ==== reaver === References === “haver”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == 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 2026). == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Dutch haver. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈha.vər/, [ˈha.fər] Hyphenation: ha‧ver === Noun === haver (plural haver-haver) oat the seeds of the oat === Further reading === “haver”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /haˈver/ === Verb === haver alternative form of haber ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Alexander Gode; Hugh E. Blair (1971), Interlingua: A Grammar of the International Language, 2nd edition, New York: Frederick Ungar, →ISBN == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈver/ Homophone: aver Rhymes: -er Hyphenation: ha‧vér === 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/English-Ladino Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary (Judeo-Spanish), New York: 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 === aver (obsolete) === 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 === Adjective === haver m or f (plural haveres) misspelling of a ver (“to do”) Isto não tem nada haver com aquilo. ― This has nothing to do with that. (incorrect spelling) Isto não tem nada a ver com aquilo. ― This has nothing to do with that. (correct spelling) === Further reading === “haver”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “haver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romansh == === 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 ===== → English: haver === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== haver (third-person singular simple present havers, present participle haverin, simple past and past participle havert) alternative form of haiver == Swedish == === Verb === haver has, have; present indicative of hava, an older form of har === Anagrams === havre