galvauder

See also: galvaûder

French

Etymology

Cross between Old French galer (“to enjoy”) and ravauder (“to mend”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡal.vo.de/
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Verb

galvauder

  1. to tarnish, sully, debase, bring into disrepute
  2. (informal) to waste; to squander
    Synonym: gâcher
    galvauder les dons qu’on a reçus de la nature ― to squander one's natural gifts
    galvauder son talent ― to waste one's talent
    • 2009 February 4, Claire Gatinois, “Hans Beck, créateur des figurines en plastique Playmobil”, in Le Monde‎, archived from the original on 2009-02-05:
      "Ce personnage [Playmobil] a remplacé le soldat de plomb, révolutionné toute l’industrie du jouet sans la galvauder", explique Jean-Louis Berchet, président de la Fédération française du jouet.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. to overuse, render trite
    • 2018 October 1, “Mort de Charles Aznavour : soixante-douze ans de carrière en six chansons et anecdotes”, in Le Monde‎:
      Parfois, l’usage de l’expression « monstre sacré de la chanson française » est galvaudé. Mais pas dans son cas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  4. to be lazy, loaf around
    Synonym: traîner
    Il reste là à galvauder.
    He's sittin' there twiddlin' his thumbs.
  5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to demean oneself, compromise oneself

Conjugation
Conjugation of galvauder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple galvauder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple galvaudant
/ɡal.vo.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle galvaudé
/ɡal.vo.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaudes
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaudons
/ɡal.vo.dɔ̃/		 galvaudez
/ɡal.vo.de/		 galvaudent
/ɡal.vod/
imperfect galvaudais
/ɡal.vo.dɛ/		 galvaudais
/ɡal.vo.dɛ/		 galvaudait
/ɡal.vo.dɛ/		 galvaudions
/ɡal.vo.djɔ̃/		 galvaudiez
/ɡal.vo.dje/		 galvaudaient
/ɡal.vo.dɛ/
past historic2 galvaudai
/ɡal.vo.de/		 galvaudas
/ɡal.vo.da/		 galvauda
/ɡal.vo.da/		 galvaudâmes
/ɡal.vo.dam/		 galvaudâtes
/ɡal.vo.dat/		 galvaudèrent
/ɡal.vo.dɛʁ/
future galvauderai
/ɡal.vo.dʁe/		 galvauderas
/ɡal.vo.dʁa/		 galvaudera
/ɡal.vo.dʁa/		 galvauderons
/ɡal.vo.dʁɔ̃/		 galvauderez
/ɡal.vo.dʁe/		 galvauderont
/ɡal.vo.dʁɔ̃/
conditional galvauderais
/ɡal.vo.dʁɛ/		 galvauderais
/ɡal.vo.dʁɛ/		 galvauderait
/ɡal.vo.dʁɛ/		 galvauderions
/ɡal.vo.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 galvauderiez
/ɡal.vo.də.ʁje/		 galvauderaient
/ɡal.vo.dʁɛ/
(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 galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaudes
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 galvaudions
/ɡal.vo.djɔ̃/		 galvaudiez
/ɡal.vo.dje/		 galvaudent
/ɡal.vod/
imperfect2 galvaudasse
/ɡal.vo.das/		 galvaudasses
/ɡal.vo.das/		 galvaudât
/ɡal.vo.da/		 galvaudassions
/ɡal.vo.da.sjɔ̃/		 galvaudassiez
/ɡal.vo.da.sje/		 galvaudassent
/ɡal.vo.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — galvaude
/ɡal.vod/		 — galvaudons
/ɡal.vo.dɔ̃/		 galvaudez
/ɡal.vo.de/		 —
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

References
  1. Etymology and history of “galvauder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “wala”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 479

Further reading

Poitevin-Saintongeais

Verb

galvauder

  1. to do a job poorly

References
  • Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 201.
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