caver

See also: Caver

English

Etymology

From cave +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

Noun

caver (plural cavers)

1. A person who explores caves.

   Synonym: spelunker

   • 2007 September 29, Kate Humble, “What lies beneath”, in The Guardian‎:

     Pam has been caving for 25 years. She and her husband Tim are among the top cavers in the country. They are passionate about the world hidden beneath our feet and they were to be my instructors and guides on my first ever foray below ground that didn't involve getting on the tube.

2. (mining, obsolete) One who works the tailings of a mine to extract small pieces of marketable ore.

Anagrams

• carve, crave, varec

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

caver

1. to dig; to mine

Conjugation

Conjugation of caver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	caver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cavant /ka.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cavé /ka.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cave /kav/	caves /kav/	cave /kav/	cavons /ka.vɔ̃/	cavez /ka.ve/	cavent /kav/
	imperfect	cavais /ka.vɛ/	cavais /ka.vɛ/	cavait /ka.vɛ/	cavions /ka.vjɔ̃/	caviez /ka.vje/	cavaient /ka.vɛ/
	past historic2	cavai /ka.ve/	cavas /ka.va/	cava /ka.va/	cavâmes /ka.vam/	cavâtes /ka.vat/	cavèrent /ka.vɛʁ/
	future	caverai /ka.vʁe/	caveras /ka.vʁa/	cavera /ka.vʁa/	caverons /ka.vʁɔ̃/	caverez /ka.vʁe/	caveront /ka.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	caverais /ka.vʁɛ/	caverais /ka.vʁɛ/	caverait /ka.vʁɛ/	caverions /ka.və.ʁjɔ̃/	caveriez /ka.və.ʁje/	caveraient /ka.vʁɛ/
(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	cave /kav/	caves /kav/	cave /kav/	cavions /ka.vjɔ̃/	caviez /ka.vje/	cavent /kav/
	imperfect2	cavasse /ka.vas/	cavasses /ka.vas/	cavât /ka.va/	cavassions /ka.va.sjɔ̃/	cavassiez /ka.va.sje/	cavassent /ka.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cave /kav/	—	cavons /ka.vɔ̃/	cavez /ka.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “caver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.wɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ver]

Verb

caver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cavō