avoir

Etymology
, from, , , from , probably from a or , possibly ultimately from. Influenced and reinforced by similar (yet etymologically unrelated) verbs in 🇨🇬; compare, ,.

See closer cognates in regional languages in France: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Further cognates include: 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, and Sardinian (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) asset, possession

Verb

 * 1)  to have
 * 2)  to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs)
 * 3)  to have
 * 4)  to have (a measure or age)
 * 5)  to have
 * 6)  to have (to participate in an experience)
 * 7)  to have (to), must
 * 1)  to have
 * 2)  to have (a measure or age)
 * 3)  to have
 * 4)  to have (to participate in an experience)
 * 5)  to have (to), must
 * 1)  to have (a measure or age)
 * 2)  to have
 * 3)  to have (to participate in an experience)
 * 4)  to have (to), must
 * 1)  to have (a measure or age)
 * 2)  to have
 * 3)  to have (to participate in an experience)
 * 4)  to have (to), must
 * 1)  to have (to participate in an experience)
 * 2)  to have (to), must
 * 1)  to have (to), must

Usage notes
is often used with nouns like, , , , etc. to express a personal condition or feeling, as shown in examples above. While constructions like and  exist, they are almost always used figuratively. It is always more natural to use rather than  in the examples listed above, and other similar cases. In some cases, both verbs can be used, but with vastly different meanings:

Etymology
From, , from , present active infinitive of , possibly ultimately from.

Verb

 * 1) to have
 * 2)  to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to have
 * 2)  to have (verb used to form the perfect tense)
 * 3) to exist (there is/there are)

Noun

 * 1) possession; good

Descendants
Several via the form.