Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

charver

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: charv-er
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To have sex with; to fuck.

noun

Sexual intercourse; fucking.

noun

A woman, especially as a sexual partner.

noun

Alternative spelling of charva (“unruly youth; chav; friend, mate”).

Etymology

Of uncertain origin; possibly from nineteenth-century Romani charver (“prostitute”), or Italian chiavare (“to nail, to attach, to fuck”), or from Romani ćhavo (“child”) and/or its derivatives, especially Spanish chava (“girl”), or from Spanish chabacanada (“vulgarity”). (Compare charva.)

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: charver, chiavare, ćhavo, chava, chabacanada

Inflected Forms

charvers (present, singular) charvering (participle, present) charvered (participle, past) charvered (past) charvers (plural)

Derived Forms

arva

Questions

What does charver mean?: To have sex with; to fuck.
Where does charver come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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