# graver
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪ.və(ɹ)/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪvə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English gravere, graver, gravoure, from Old English græfere, grafere (“graver; engraver; sculptor”), equivalent to grave (“to engrave”) +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch graveur, German Graveur, Danish gravør, Swedish gravör, Icelandic grafari.

#### Noun

graver (plural gravers)
* (dated) a burin
* (obsolete) a carver, sculptor, or engraver
** 1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
    The graver, in ploughing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs.
** a. 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Ital:[…] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From grave (adjective) +‎ -er.

#### Adjective

graver
* comparative form of grave: more grave

### Anagrams

* Garver

## Danish
### Noun

graver c (singular definite graveren, plural indefinite gravere)
* gravedigger

#### Declension
### Verb

graver
* present tense of grave
* imperative of gravere

### References

* “graver” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch grāvere. Equivalent to graven +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɣraː.vər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: gra‧ver
* Rhymes: -aːvər

### Noun

graver m (plural gravers, diminutive gravertje n, feminine graafster)
* a digger, someone who digs

## French
### Etymology

From Old French, from Frankish *graban, from Proto-Germanic *grabaną. Akin to English grave (“pit for burial”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʁa.ve/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

graver
* to engrave
* to carve (wood)
* to burn (data, onto a CD, DVD, etc.)

#### Usage notes

* Not to be confused with gravir.

#### Related terms

* gravé dans le marbre
* graveur
* gravure

#### Descendants

* → Portuguese: gravar
* → Spanish: grabar

### Further reading

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

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch graveur, from French graveur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡraver]
* Hyphenation: gra‧vér

### Noun

gravér (plural graver-graver)
* engraver:
** a person who engraves
    Synonyms: juru ukir, pengukir
** a tool used in this process

#### Derived terms

* menggraver

#### Related terms

* gravir

### Further reading

* “graver” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Verb

graver
* first-person singular present passive subjunctive of gravō

## Middle English
### Noun

graver
* Alternative form of gravere

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡrɑːʋər/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːʋər
* Hyphenation: grav‧er

### Etymology 1

From grave +‎ -er.

#### Noun

graver m (definite singular graveren, indefinite plural gravere, definite plural graverne)
* a digger, gravedigger

##### Derived terms

* gullgraver

#### See also

* gravar (Nynorsk)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

graver m or f
* indefinite plural of grav

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

graver m
* indefinite plural of grave

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

graver
* present tense of grave
* imperative of gravere

### References

* “graver” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
* “graver” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

graver f
* indefinite plural of grav