English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪvə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈheːvər/
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver
• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Verb

haver ‎(third-person singular simple present havers, present participle havering, simple past and past participle havered)

1. (Britain) To hem and haw
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 154

     This didn't seem at all unlikely, but when I none the less havered, he insisted that his 'Egyptian fortune-teller' had confirmed it.

2. (Scotland), Usually haiver. To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter; talking nonsense; to babble
   • 1988, The Proclaimers, I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

     And if I haver, yeah I know I’m gonna be / I’m gonna be the man who’s havering to you.

   • 2004 James Campbell, "Boswell and Mrs. Miller", in The Genius of Language (ed. Wendy Lesser), page 194

     She havers on about her "faither" and "mirra" and the "wee wean," her child, and "hoo i wiz glaiket but bonny forby."

Etymology 2

Borrowing 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”), cognate with German Hafer ‎(“oat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈheɪvə/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˈheːvər/
• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

haver ‎(plural havers)

1. (Britain, Scotland, dialect) The cereal oats.

Etymology 3

have +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhævɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhævə/

Noun

haver ‎(plural havers)

1. One who has, possesses etc.
   • 1608, Shakespeare, Coriolanus (Act II, Scene 2)

     It is held / That valour is the chiefest virtue, and / Most dignifies the haver: if it be, / The man I speak of cannot in the world / Be singly counterpoised.

Synonyms

• holder
• possessor

Catalan

Alternative forms

• heure
• haure (Western Catalan)

Etymology

From Old Provençal aver, haver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- ‎(“to grab, to take”).

Verb

haver ‎(first-person singular present he, past participle hagut)

1. to have, as an auxiliary verb for compound tenses
   • He fet.
     • I have done.

Conjugation

As heure, but with shortened present indicative, and with present subjunctive with -g- instead of -gu-. The 1st person form haig is only used in haver de.

Derived terms

• haver-hi
• haver de
• havedor adj

Related terms

• temps ha

Noun

haver m ‎(plural havers)

1. A possession
2. A credit

Verb

haver ‎(first-person singular present hec, past participle hagut)

1. Alternative form of heure (Eastern) or haure (Western).

Conjugation

See heure or haure.

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.

Danish

Noun

haver c

1. plural indefinite of have

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦaːvər/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch *havara, from Proto-Germanic *habrō. Cognate with Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.

Noun

haver m ‎(uncountable, diminutive havertje n)

1. any wild species or cultivar of the genus Avena
2. in particular, Avena sativa, the cereal oats, notably fed to horses

Derived terms

Descendants

• English: haversack

Verb

haver

1. imperative of haveren
2. first-person singular present indicative of haveren

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowing from Yiddish חבֿר ‎(khaver), from Hebrew חבר ‎(khaver, “friend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒvɛr]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ver

Noun

haver ‎(plural haverok)

1. (slang) pal, buddy

Declension

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew חבר.

Noun

haver m ‎(Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאב׳יר)

1. partner, comrade

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• aver (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō ‎(“I have, I hold, I possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- ‎(“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈveɾ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɾ)/, /aˈve(χ)/
  • (Paulista) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɹ)/, /aˈve(ɾ)/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈve(ɻ)/, /aˈve(ɾ)/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈve(h)/

Verb

haver ‎(first-person singular present indicative hei, past participle havido)

1. (auxiliary with de and a verb in the infinitive) shall; ought to; should (forms a future tense, often with a prophetic or epic undertone)

   Amanhã, hei de ver o filme.‎

   Tomorrow, I ought to watch the movie.

2. (auxiliary with a verb in the masculine singular past participle) have (forms the perfect aspect)
   1. (in the past tense) forms the past perfect

      Eu já havia entrado quando você chegou.‎

      I had already got in when you arrived.

   2. (in the present tense, archaic) forms the present perfect

      Eu hei estudado muito, nos últimos dias.‎

      I have been studying much, in these last days.

3. (formal, impersonal, transitive) there be; exist

   Há um banco aqui perto.‎

   There is a bank nearby.

4. (formal, impersonal, transitive) there be; to happen; to occur

   Houve um acidente na alameda.‎

   There was an accident in the avenue.

5. (archaic, transitive) to have; to own; to possess

   Hei duas espadas.‎

   I have two swords.

6. to recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)

   Preciso haver meu dinheiro.‎

   I need to recover my money.

7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)
8. (impersonal, transitive) it has been ... since; ago (indicates the time since something occurred)

   Terminei a faculdade há um mês.‎

   It has been one month since I’ve finished college.

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:haver.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (shall): ir
• (form the perfect tense): ter (more informal)
• (to exist): existir, ter
• (to happen): acontecer, ocorrer, produzir-se, realizar-se, sobrevir suceder
• (to own): deter, possuir, ter
• (to regain): reaver, recuperar
• (it has been ... since): fazer

Antonyms

• (to exist): inexistir

Derived terms

Noun

haver m (plural haveres)

1. outstanding debt

Synonyms

• dívida

Scots

Etymology

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)

1. oats

Derived terms

• havermeal ‎(“oatmeal, half-ground meal”)
• haverpoke ‎(“horse's nosebag”)

Swedish

Verb

haver

1. has, have; present tense of hava., an older form of har