regarder
English
Etymology
regard + -er.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
Noun
regarder (plural regarders)
- (chiefly Britain, archaic) An official responsible for monitoring woodlands and forest areas and reporting to the court of regard.
- A person who regards something or someone.
References
- regarder in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- regarder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French reguarder, corresponding to French re- + garder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/, (fast speech, informal) /ʁɡaʁ.de/
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Verb
regarder
- (transitive) to look at
- 2018, Angèle, Tu me regardes
- J'aimerais pouvoir t'aimer sans mal, ou j'aimerais peut-être juste que tu me regardes, comme tu me regardais hier.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Tu regardes quoi ?
- What are you looking at?
- 2018, Angèle, Tu me regardes
- (transitive) to watch
- Je regarde un film à la TV si ça t'intéresse.
- I'm watching a film on TV if you're interested.
- (transitive) to face
- (transitive) to concern (be associated with)
- Synonym: concerner
Conjugation
Conjugation of regarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | regarder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | regardant /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | regardé /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | regarde /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ | regardes /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ | regarde /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ | regardons /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃/ | regardez /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ | regardent /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ |
| imperfect | regardais /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ/ | regardais /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ/ | regardait /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ/ | regardions /ʁə.ɡaʁ.djɔ̃/ | regardiez /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dje/ | regardaient /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | regardai /ʁə.ɡaʁ.de/ | regardas /ʁə.ɡaʁ.da/ | regarda /ʁə.ɡaʁ.da/ | regardâmes /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dam/ | regardâtes /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dat/ | regardèrent /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
| future | regarderai /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁe/ | regarderas /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁa/ | regardera /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁa/ | regarderons /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | regarderez /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁe/ | regarderont /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | regarderais /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | regarderais /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | regarderait /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | regarderions /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | regarderiez /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.ʁje/ | regarderaient /ʁə.ɡaʁ.də.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 | regarde /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ | regardes /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ | regarde /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ | regardions /ʁə.ɡaʁ.djɔ̃/ | regardiez /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dje/ | regardent /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ |
| imperfect2 | regardasse /ʁə.ɡaʁ.das/ | regardasses /ʁə.ɡaʁ.das/ | regardât /ʁə.ɡaʁ.da/ | regardassions /ʁə.ɡaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ | regardassiez /ʁə.ɡaʁ.da.sje/ | regardassent /ʁə.ɡaʁ.das/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | regarde /ʁə.ɡaʁd/ | — | regardons /ʁə.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃/ | regardez /ʁə.ɡaʁ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- à cheval donné on ne regarde pas la bride
- à cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dents
- ne pas regarder plus loin que le bout de son nez
- ne pas voir plus loin que le bout de son nez
- regard
- regarder de travers
- regarder par le petit bout de la lorgnette
- se regarder dans le blanc des yeux
- se regarder en chiens de faïence
- se regarder le nombril
- y regarder à deux fois
Further reading
- “regarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Alternative forms
- reguarder
Etymology
From Old French regarder, reguarder.
Verb
regarder
- to look at
- to watch
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of regarder
| infinitive | simple | regarder | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | regardant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | regardé | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | regarde | regardes | regarde | regardons | regardez | regardent |
| imperfect | regardois, regardoys | regardois, regardoys | regardoit, regardoyt | regardions, regardyons | regardiez, regardyez | regardoient, regardoyent | |
| past historic | regarda | regardas | regarda | regardasmes | regardastes | regarderent | |
| future | regarderai, regarderay | regarderas | regardera | regarderons | regarderez | regarderont | |
| conditional | regarderois, regarderoys | regarderois, regarderoys | regarderoit, regarderoyt | regarderions, regarderyons | regarderiez, regarderyez | regarderoient, regarderoyent | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | regarde | regardes | regarde | regardons | regardez | regardent |
| imperfect | regardasse | regardasses | regardast | regardassions | regardassiez | regardassent | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | regarde | — | regardons | regardez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Descendants
- → English: regard
- French: regarder
Old French
Verb
regarder
- Alternative form of reguarder
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-d, *-ds, *-dt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of regarder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | regarder | avoir regardé | |||||
| gerund | en regardant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | regardant | ||||||
| past participle | regardé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | regart | regardes | regarde | regardons | regardez | regardent |
| imperfect | regardoie, regardeie, regardoe, regardeve | regardoies, regardeies, regardoes, regardeves | regardoit, regardeit, regardot, regardeve | regardiiens, regardiens | regardiiez, regardiez | regardoient, regardeient, regardoent, regardevent | |
| preterite | regardai | regardas | regarda | regardames | regardastes | regarderent | |
| future | regarderai | regarderas | regardera | regarderons | regarderoiz, regardereiz, regarderez | regarderont | |
| conditional | regarderoie, regardereie | regarderoies, regardereies | regarderoit, regardereit | regarderiiens, regarderiens | regarderiiez, regarderiez | regarderoient, regardereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | regart | regarz | regart | regardons | regardez | regardent |
| imperfect | regardasse | regardasses | regardast | regardissons, regardissiens | regardissoiz, regardissez, regardissiez | regardassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | regarde | — | regardons | regardez | — | ||