avoir

Meaning

Noun

asset, possession

Verb

1. (transitive) to have (to own; to possess)
2. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
3. (transitive) to have (a condition)
4. (transitive) to have (a measure or age)
5. (transitive) to have (to trick)
6. (transitive) to have (to participate in an experience)
7. (auxiliary) to have (to), must

Concepts

have

get

possess

have got

own

property

obtain

be

old

🧓

take

receive

holding

belongings

asset

experience

carry

make

credit side

hold

credit

deceive

raise

catch

I have

be endowed with

who has

suffer

pack

interview

know

trick

had

deliver

credit memo

accept

🉑

credit balance

belong

fuck

👉👌

he has

cozen

convey

beget

contract

cheat

bed

🛏️

cause

bear

🐻

exist

exert

buzz off

Synonyms

être

posséder

obtenir

devenir

recevoir

prendre

porter

tenir

devoir

bien

👍

rendre

contenir

ancien

🧓

vieux

🧓

aller

atteindre

faire

actif

acquérir

comprendre

avoir succès

mener

disposer

aboutir

appartenir

qui a

amener

fortune

il a

j’ai

retenir

recueillir

tromper

procurer

propriété

venir

exercer

entrevue

entretenir

éprouver

possession

élever

concevoir

enculer

comporter

cesser

causer

biens

développer

détenir

Translations

tener

avere

haben

ter

hebben

έχω

haber

tenir

besitzen

possuir

poseer

aver

possedere

haver

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.vwaʁ/

Etymology

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 *habbjan (“to have”), Old High German habēn (“to have”), Old Norse hafa (“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).

Sentences

Quelques bons joueurs peuvent avoir un handicap négatif .

Some good players may have a negative handicap.

Il a été libéré après avoir purgé deux ans .

He was released after serving two years.

Ils divorcent après avoir eu trois enfants , deux filles et un garçon .

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

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.

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

I walk without fatigue, I stop without needing rest!

Après avoir bu de l'encre, elle se retrouve piégée dans la chambre .

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