égarer
French
Etymology
From Old French esgarer. By surface analysis, é- + garer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.ɡa.ʁe/
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Verb
égarer
- (transitive) to misplace
- Near-synonym: perdre
- La dernière fois que je l'avais vu, il avait égaré ses clefs.
- Last time I saw him he had misplaced his keys.
- (transitive) to mislead, misinform
- Synonym: tromper
- (transitive) to lead astray
- Synonym: fourvoyer
- (reflexive) to get lost, go astray, to lose one's way; to wander
- Synonyms: se perdre, (informal) se paumer
- Ils se sont égarés dans la forêt.
- They got lost in the forest.
Conjugation
Conjugation of égarer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | égarer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | égarant /e.ɡa.ʁɑ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | égaré /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ | égares /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ | égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ | égarons /e.ɡa.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɔ̃/ | égarez /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/ | égarent /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
| imperfect | égarais /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/ | égarais /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/ | égarait /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/ | égarions /e.ɡa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁjɔ̃/ | égariez /e.ɡa.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁje/ | égaraient /e.ɡa.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | égarai /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/ | égaras /e.ɡa.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa/ | égara /e.ɡa.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa/ | égarâmes /e.ɡa.ʁam/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁam/ | égarâtes /e.ɡa.ʁat/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁat/ | égarèrent /e.ɡa.ʁɛʁ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | égarerai /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁe/ | égareras /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁa/ | égarera /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁa/ | égarerons /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | égarerez /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁe/ | égareront /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | égarerais /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | égarerais /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | égarerait /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | égarerions /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | égareriez /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁje/ | égareraient /e.ɡa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁə.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 | égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ | égares /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ | égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ | égarions /e.ɡa.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁjɔ̃/ | égariez /e.ɡa.ʁje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁje/ | égarent /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | égarasse /e.ɡa.ʁas/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁas/ | égarasses /e.ɡa.ʁas/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁas/ | égarât /e.ɡa.ʁa/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa/ | égarassions /e.ɡa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | égarassiez /e.ɡa.ʁa.sje/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁa.sje/ | égarassent /e.ɡa.ʁas/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | égare /e.ɡaʁ/ or /e.ɡɑʁ/ | — | égarons /e.ɡa.ʁɔ̃/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁɔ̃/ | égarez /e.ɡa.ʁe/ or /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “égarer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- agréer
- gérera