avoir

Sentences

An user

Quelques bons joueurs peuvent avoir un handicap négatif .

Some good players may have a negative handicap.

An user

Il
👨

a

été
🏖️

libéré après avoir purgé deux
2

ans .

He was released after serving two years.

An user

Ils divorcent après avoir eu trois
3

enfants , deux
2

filles et un garçon
👦

.

They divorced after having three children, two girls and a boy.

An user

Cette dernière , qui nomme les facteurs , prétend avoir la charge de les surveiller .

The latter, who appoints the factors, claims to be responsible for monitoring them.

An user

Je marche sans fatigue , je m’arrête sans avoir besoin de repos !

I walk without fatigue, I stop without needing rest!

An user

Après avoir bu de l'encre, elle
👩

se retrouve piégée dans la chambre .

After drinking ink, she finds herself trapped in the room.

An user

Celui-ci affirme avoir échappé à la mort grâce à un système de réanimation suspendue .

He claims to have escaped death thanks to a suspended resuscitation system.

An user

Ces rosiers peuvent également avoir une fonction esthétique .

These roses can also have an aesthetic function.

Meaning

asset, possession

credit side

I have

credit memo

he has

credit balance

be endowed with

who has

have a go at it

have intercourse

have it away

honest-to-god

honest-to-goodness

roll in the hay

sure-enough

be intimate

get ruffled

play a trick on

rich person

wealthy person

be armed with

play a joke on

Old

diplomatic minister

pull a fast one on

’ve

possesions

avoir succès

il a

j’ai

qui a

faire l’expérience de

mettre au monde

s’emparer de

se porter

se procurer

se tirer

c’est à moi

décaniller

donner naissance

donner naissance à

être à bout de souffle

être efficace

être hors d’haleine

être terminé

faire l’amour

jouir de

perdre son sang-froid

se charger de

être équipé de

être doué de

avoir un résultat

élément d’actif

faire l’expérience

avoir des relations sexuelles

se faire accorder

aver

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.vwaʁ/

Inherited from Middle French

avoir

Inherited from Old French

avoir

Inherited from Latin

habeō

Cognate with Corsican

avè

Cognate with Arpitan

avêr

Cognate with Jèrriais

avaer

Cognate with Occitan

aver

Cognate with Picard

avoèr

Cognate with Italian

avere

Cognate with Portuguese

haver

Cognate with Romanian

avea

Cognate with Sicilian

aviri

Cognate with Spanish

haber

Cognate with English

aver

In summary

Inherited from Middle French avoir, from Old French avoir, aveir, aver, 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”). Influenced and reinforced by similar (yet etymologically unrelated) verbs in Germanic; compare Frankish *habēn, Frankish *hebōn (“to have”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban, “to have”). See closer cognates in regional languages in France: Angevin avouèr, Bourbonnais-Berrichon avoér, Bourguignon aivoi, Champenois aouâr, Corsican avè, Franco-Provençal avêr, Franc-Comtois aivoi, Gallo avair, Lorrain ahoir, Norman avaer, Occitan aver, Picard avoèr. Further cognates include: Italian avere, Portuguese haver, Romanian avea, avere, and Sardinian (Campidanese airi, Logudorese àere), Sicilian aviri, Spanish haber, and English aver (borrowed via Old French).

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