galvauder

See also: galvaûder

French

Etymology

Cross between Old French galer (“to enjoy”) and ravauder (“to mend”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡal.vo.de/
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Verb

galvauder

  1. (informal) to waste; to squander
    Synonym: gâcher
    Galvauder les dons qu’on a reçus de la nature. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    Galvauder son talent. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 2009 February 4, Claire Gatinois, “Hans Beck, créateur des figurines en plastique Playmobil”, in Le Monde‎, archived from the original on 2009-02-05:
      "Ce personnage [Playmobil] a remplacé le soldat de plomb, révolutionné toute l'industrie du jouet sans la galvauder", explique Jean-Louis Berchet, président de la Fédération française du jouet.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. to overuse
    • 2018 October 1, “Mort de Charles Aznavour : soixante-douze ans de carrière en six chansons et anecdotes”, in Le Monde‎:
      Parfois, l’usage de l’expression « monstre sacré de la chanson française » est galvaudé. Mais pas dans son cas.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be lazy
    Synonym: traîner
    Il reste là à galvauder.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation
Conjugation of galvauder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle galvaudant
/ɡal.vo.dɑ̃/
past participle galvaudé
/ɡal.vo.de/
infinitive
simple galvauder
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple galvaudant
/ɡal.vo.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaudes
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaudons
/ɡal.vo.dɔ̃/		 galvaudez
/ɡal.vo.de/		 galvaudent
/ɡal.vod/
imperfect galvaudais
/ɡal.vo.dɛ/		 galvaudais
/ɡal.vo.dɛ/		 galvaudait
/ɡal.vo.dɛ/		 galvaudions
/ɡal.vo.djɔ̃/		 galvaudiez
/ɡal.vo.dje/		 galvaudaient
/ɡal.vo.dɛ/
past historic2 galvaudai
/ɡal.vo.de/		 galvaudas
/ɡal.vo.da/		 galvauda
/ɡal.vo.da/		 galvaudâmes
/ɡal.vo.dam/		 galvaudâtes
/ɡal.vo.dat/		 galvaudèrent
/ɡal.vo.dɛʁ/
future galvauderai
/ɡal.vo.dʁe/		 galvauderas
/ɡal.vo.dʁa/		 galvaudera
/ɡal.vo.dʁa/		 galvauderons
/ɡal.vo.dʁɔ̃/		 galvauderez
/ɡal.vo.dʁe/		 galvauderont
/ɡal.vo.dʁɔ̃/
conditional galvauderais
/ɡal.vo.dʁɛ/		 galvauderais
/ɡal.vo.dʁɛ/		 galvauderait
/ɡal.vo.dʁɛ/		 galvauderions
/ɡal.vo.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 galvauderiez
/ɡal.vo.də.ʁje/		 galvauderaient
/ɡal.vo.dʁɛ/
(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 galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaudes
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaudions
/ɡal.vo.djɔ̃/		 galvaudiez
/ɡal.vo.dje/		 galvaudent
/ɡal.vod/
imperfect2 galvaudasse
/ɡal.vo.das/		 galvaudasses
/ɡal.vo.das/		 galvaudât
/ɡal.vo.da/		 galvaudassions
/ɡal.vo.da.sjɔ̃/		 galvaudassiez
/ɡal.vo.da.sje/		 galvaudassent
/ɡal.vo.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 — galvaudons
/ɡal.vo.dɔ̃/		 galvaudez
/ɡal.vo.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

References
  1. “galvauder” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
  2. von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “wala”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 17, page 479
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