gerber

See also: Gerber

French

Etymology

From Middle French gerber, from gerbe (“sheaf”), from Old French jarbe, garbe (“sheaf, ear of grain, wreath”), borrowed from Frankish *garbā (“sheaf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛʁ.be/

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Verb

gerber

1. to sheave
2. to stack
3. (slang) to puke, to throw up

   Synonym: dégueuler

Conjugation

Conjugation of gerber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	gerber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	gerbant /ʒɛʁ.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		gerbé /ʒɛʁ.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	gerbe /ʒɛʁb/	gerbes /ʒɛʁb/	gerbe /ʒɛʁb/	gerbons /ʒɛʁ.bɔ̃/	gerbez /ʒɛʁ.be/	gerbent /ʒɛʁb/
	imperfect	gerbais /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/	gerbais /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/	gerbait /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/	gerbions /ʒɛʁ.bjɔ̃/	gerbiez /ʒɛʁ.bje/	gerbaient /ʒɛʁ.bɛ/
	past historic2	gerbai /ʒɛʁ.be/	gerbas /ʒɛʁ.ba/	gerba /ʒɛʁ.ba/	gerbâmes /ʒɛʁ.bam/	gerbâtes /ʒɛʁ.bat/	gerbèrent /ʒɛʁ.bɛʁ/
	future	gerberai /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁe/	gerberas /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁa/	gerbera /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁa/	gerberons /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/	gerberez /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁe/	gerberont /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	gerberais /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	gerberais /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	gerberait /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/	gerberions /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	gerberiez /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁje/	gerberaient /ʒɛʁ.bə.ʁɛ/
(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	gerbe /ʒɛʁb/	gerbes /ʒɛʁb/	gerbe /ʒɛʁb/	gerbions /ʒɛʁ.bjɔ̃/	gerbiez /ʒɛʁ.bje/	gerbent /ʒɛʁb/
	imperfect2	gerbasse /ʒɛʁ.bas/	gerbasses /ʒɛʁ.bas/	gerbât /ʒɛʁ.ba/	gerbassions /ʒɛʁ.ba.sjɔ̃/	gerbassiez /ʒɛʁ.ba.sje/	gerbassent /ʒɛʁ.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	gerbe /ʒɛʁb/	—	gerbons /ʒɛʁ.bɔ̃/	gerbez /ʒɛʁ.be/	—
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).

Derived terms

• à gerber

Related terms

• gerbe
• gerbeur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• berger

Vilamovian

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Noun

gerber m (plural gerbyn)

1. tanner