gorger

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/
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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).

Derived terms
  • se gorger

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