gorger

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English

Etymology 1

gorge +‎ -er

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. One who gorges.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Compare gadje.

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. Someone who is not a Romani, Sinti, Gypsy, or Traveller.

Etymology 3

Possibly from gorgeous.

Noun

gorger (plural gorgers)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A well-dressed man; a swell; sometimes an employer, or principal, as the manager of a theatre.
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Denominal verb of gorge (“throat”). gorge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔʁ.ʒe/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

gorger

  1. to gorge oneself (eat greedily)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written gorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of gorger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gorger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gorgeant
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gorgé
/ɡɔʁ.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/ 		gorges
/ɡɔʁʒ/ 		gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/ 		gorgeons
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		gorgez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ 		gorgent
/ɡɔʁʒ/
imperfect gorgeais
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ 		gorgeais
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ 		gorgeait
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ 		gorgions
/ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		gorgiez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ 		gorgeaient
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 gorgeai
/ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ 		gorgeas
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ 		gorgea
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ 		gorgeâmes
/ɡɔʁ.ʒam/ 		gorgeâtes
/ɡɔʁ.ʒat/ 		gorgèrent
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɛʁ/
future gorgerai
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		gorgeras
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		gorgera
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		gorgerons
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ 		gorgerez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		gorgeront
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gorgerais
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		gorgerais
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		gorgerait
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		gorgerions
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gorgeriez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ 		gorgeraient
/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.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 gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/ 		gorges
/ɡɔʁʒ/ 		gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/ 		gorgions
/ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		gorgiez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ 		gorgent
/ɡɔʁʒ/
imperfect2 gorgeasse
/ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ 		gorgeasses
/ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ 		gorgeât
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ 		gorgeassions
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		gorgeassiez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sje/ 		gorgeassent
/ɡɔʁ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gorge
/ɡɔʁʒ/ 		— gorgeons
/ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		gorgez
/ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ 		—
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).

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