excaver
Part of speech: verb
Morphology: simple
Etymology: Du latin excavare (« vider en creusant, extraire »)
Senses:
gloss: Creuser la terre pour ouvrir un chenal, une fosse, un tunnel, etc.
pos: verb
examples: Ils faisaient partie de l’équipe originale qui avait excavé le fossile.
Pour agrandir ces quatre fenêtres, il avait fallu excaver des murs de huit à dix pieds d’épaisseur.
gloss: Creuser, trouer.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: La moindre semence de légumineuse, souvent pas plus grosse qu’une tête d’épingle, nourrit sa Bruche, un nain, qui patiemment la gruge, l’excave en habitacle ; et lui, le dodu, l’exquis, serait épargné !
Et le pli de ruisseau asséché qui excave, après l’amour, la paupière inférieure, et cette flamme avinée qui ne s’éteint pas assez vite sur des traits mûrs qu’elle consume…
Inflected forms:
form: excaver
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
present
form: avoir excavé
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
past
form: en excavant
pos: verb
tags: gerund
present
form: en ayant excavé
pos: verb
tags: gerund
past
form: excavant
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: excavé
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: j’excave
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: tu excaves
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: il/elle/on excave
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: nous excavons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: vous excavez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: ils/elles excavent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
present
form: j’ai excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: tu as excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: il/elle/on a excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: nous avons excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: vous avez excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: ils/elles ont excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
multiword-construction
form: j’excavais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: tu excavais
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: il/elle/on excavait
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: nous excavions
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: vous excaviez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: ils/elles excavaient
pos: verb
tags: indicative
imperfect
form: j’avais excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: tu avais excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: il/elle/on avait excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: nous avions excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: vous aviez excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: ils/elles avaient excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
pluperfect
form: j’excavai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: tu excavas
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: il/elle/on excava
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: nous excavâmes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: vous excavâtes
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: ils/elles excavèrent
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
form: j’eus excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: tu eus excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: il/elle/on eut excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: nous eûmes excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: vous eûtes excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: ils/elles eurent excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
past
anterior
form: j’excaverai
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: tu excaveras
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: il/elle/on excavera
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: nous excaverons
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: vous excaverez
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: ils/elles excaveront
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
form: j’aurai excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: tu auras excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: il/elle/on aura excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: nous aurons excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: vous aurez excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: ils/elles auront excavé
pos: verb
tags: indicative
future
perfect
form: que j’excave
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que tu excaves
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’il/elle/on excave
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que nous excavions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que vous excaviez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: qu’ils/elles excavent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
present
form: que j’aie excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que tu aies excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’il/elle/on ait excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que nous ayons excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que vous ayez excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: qu’ils/elles aient excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
past
form: que j’excavasse
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que tu excavasses
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on excavât
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que nous excavassions
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que vous excavassiez
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: qu’ils/elles excavassent
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
imperfect
form: que j’eusse excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que tu eusses excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’il/elle/on eût excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que nous eussions excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: que vous eussiez excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: qu’ils/elles eussent excavé
pos: verb
tags: subjunctive
pluperfect
form: j’excaverais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: tu excaverais
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: il/elle/on excaverait
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: nous excaverions
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: vous excaveriez
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: ils/elles excaveraient
pos: verb
tags: conditional
present
form: j’aurais excavé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: tu aurais excavé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: il/elle/on aurait excavé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: nous aurions excavé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: vous auriez excavé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: ils/elles auraient excavé
pos: verb
tags: conditional
past
form: excave
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: excavons
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: excavez
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: aie excavé
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayons excavé
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: ayez excavé
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
Related terms: excavation
excavateur
excavatrice
Translations:
lang: Anglais
word: excavate
lang: Espagnol
word: excavar
lang: Grec ancien
word: ἀνασκάπτω
roman: anaskáptō
lang: Néerlandais
word: ontgraven
lang: Occitan
word: escavar
lang: Russe
word: выкопать
roman: výkopat'