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- Dictionaryhaver/ˈheɪvə/
verb
- 1. talk foolishly; babble: Scottish "Tom havered on"
- 2. act in a vacillating or indecisive manner: British "he havered at the threshold, peering into darkness"
noun
- 1. foolish talk; nonsense. Scottish
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Haver definition: to equivocate; vacillate.. See examples of HAVER used in a sentence.
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Scots haiver.
Etymology 2
Borrowed 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”).
Etymology 3
From Middle English haver, havere, equivalent to have + -er.
Alternative forms
1. heure 2. haure (Western)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan haver, 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”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): (Central) [əˈβɛ] 2. IPA(key): (Balearic) [əˈvə] 3. IPA(key): (Valencian) [aˈveɾ]
Etymology
From Middle Dutch havere, from Old Dutch *havara, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. Cognate with Old Norse hafri, Old English haver, Old High German habaro.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈɦaː.vər/ 2. Rhymes: -aːvər
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
Verb
haver (first-person singular present hei, first-person singular preterite houvem or houve, past participle havido, reintegrationist norm) 1. reintegrationist spelling of haber
References
1. “haver” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego(2014).
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish חבֿר (khaver), from Hebrew חבר (khaver, “friend”).
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): [ˈhɒvɛr] 2. Hyphenation: ha‧ver 3. Rhymes: -ɛr
Noun
haver (plural haverok) 1. (slang) pal, buddy, dude 1.1. Synonyms: barát, cimbora, pajtás 2. (derogatory) accomplice (partner in crime) 2.1. Synonyms: cinkostárs, bűntárs
Verb
haver (apocopated) 1. Apocopic form of havere 1.1. 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Proemio [Introduction]”, in Decamerone [Decameron], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page xviii: 1.1.1. Humana coſa è haver compaſſione de gli afflitti 1.1.1.1. It is human to havecompassion for the troubled
Etymology
From Hebrew חבר (khavér).
Noun
haver m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling חאב׳יר, plural haverim) 1. partner, comrade, associate
Further reading
1. Aitor García Moreno, editor (2013–), “ḥaƀer”, in Diccionario Histórico Judeoespañol(in Spanish), CSIC 2. Joseph Nehama, Jesús Cantera (1977) “javér”, in Dictionnaire du Judéo-Espagnol (in French), Madrid: CSIC, →ISBN, page 253 3. Elli Kohen & Dahlia Kohen-Gordon (2000) “haver”, in Ladino–English Concise Encyclopedic Dictionary, Hippocrene Books, →ISBN, page 193
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /aˈβeɾ/
Verb
haver 1. Alternative spelling of aver
Alternative forms
1. aver (obsolete)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aver, from Latin habēre (“to have, to hold, to possess”). Compare Galician haber. Cognate of Spanish haber, French avoir, and Italian avere.
Pronunciation
1. (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈve(h)/ 2. Homophone: a ver 3. Hyphenation: ha‧ver
haver is a word with multiple meanings and origins in different languages. It can mean to hem and haw, oats, one who has something, or a variant of chaver in Catalan.
Haver is a verb that means to dither or to talk nonsense in British, Scottish or Northern English dialects. Learn the pronunciation, synonyms, gerund and imperative forms of haver from The Free Dictionary.
Haver can be a verb meaning to talk foolishly or a noun meaning oats or a possessor. Learn the origin, synonyms and usage of haver from YourDictionary.
Haver, n.¹ has two meanings: a small piece of bread or cake, or a small quantity of anything. It is derived from Old English have + -er suffix. See usage, pronunciation, and related words.
