gorger
English
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Compare gadje.
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
French
Etymology
From gorge (“throat”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/
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)
present participle | gorgeant /ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
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past participle | gorgé /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ | ||||||
infinitive | |||||||
simple | gorger | ||||||
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
gerund1 | |||||||
simple | gorgeant /ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | ||||||
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 | 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/ | |
past historic2 | gorgeai /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
gorgeas /ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
gorgea /ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
gorgeâmes /ɡɔʁ.ʒam/ |
gorgeâtes /ɡɔʁ.ʒat/ |
gorgèrent /ɡɔʁ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
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/ | |
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/ | |
(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 | gorge /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
gorges /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
gorge /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
gorgions /ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
gorgiez /ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ |
gorgent /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
imperfect2 | gorgeasse /ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
gorgeasses /ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ |
gorgeât /ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ |
gorgeassions /ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
gorgeassiez /ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
gorgeassent /ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | gorge /ɡɔʁʒ/ |
— | gorgeons /ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
gorgez /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ |
— | |
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
- se gorger
Further reading
- “gorger” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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