gravir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Frankish *krawjan, related to Proto-Germanic *krauwōn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (to wind, twist), see also Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (hook).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʁa.viʁ/
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Verb

gravir

  1. to climb up

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Derived terms

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch gravure, from French gravure.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡra.vɪr/, /ˈɡra.fɪr/
  • Rhymes: -vɪr, -fɪr
  • Hyphenation: gra‧vir

Noun

gravir (plural gravir-gravir, first-person possessive gravirku, second-person possessive gravirmu, third-person possessive gravirnya)

  1. engraving
  2. gravure: a type of intaglio printing process, in which an image is engraved onto a rotating copper cylinder.

Alternative forms

  • grafir
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