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garder
garder
Danish
Noun
garder c (singular definite garderen, plural indefinite gardere)
- guardsman (member of a guard)
Synonyms
- gardist
Inflection
Inflection of garder
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | garder | garderen | gardere | garderne |
| genitive | garders | garderens | garderes | gardernes |
Noun
garder c
- plural indefinite of garde
French
Etymology
From Middle French, Old French guarder, from Germanic (Frankish) *wardon, from Proto-Germanic *ward-, corresponding to garde + -er. Compare Italian guardare, Spanish guardar. Compare English guard, ward.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.de/
Verb
garder
- (transitive) to keep; to retain; to store; to save
- (transitive) to guard
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be careful (de faire not to do)
Conjugation
Conjugation of garder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | garder | avoir gardé | |||||
| gerund | en gardant | en ayant gardé | |||||
| present participle | gardant /ɡaʁ.dɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | gardé /ɡaʁ.de/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | garde /ɡaʁd/ |
gardes /ɡaʁd/ |
garde /ɡaʁd/ |
gardons /ɡaʁ.dɔ̃/ |
gardez /ɡaʁ.de/ |
gardent /ɡaʁd/ |
| imperfect | gardais /ɡaʁ.dɛ/ |
gardais /ɡaʁ.dɛ/ |
gardait /ɡaʁ.dɛ/ |
gardions /ɡaʁ.djɔ̃/ |
gardiez /ɡaʁ.dje/ |
gardaient /ɡaʁ.dɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | gardai /ɡaʁ.de/ |
gardas /ɡaʁ.da/ |
garda /ɡaʁ.da/ |
gardâmes /ɡaʁ.dam/ |
gardâtes /ɡaʁ.dat/ |
gardèrent /ɡaʁ.dɛʁ/ |
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| future | garderai /ɡaʁ.də.ʁe/ |
garderas /ɡaʁ.də.ʁa/ |
gardera /ɡaʁ.də.ʁa/ |
garderons /ɡaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
garderez /ɡaʁ.də.ʁe/ |
garderont /ɡaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | garderais /ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
garderais /ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
garderait /ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
garderions /ɡaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ |
garderiez /ɡaʁ.də.ʁje/ |
garderaient /ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | garde /ɡaʁd/ |
gardes /ɡaʁd/ |
garde /ɡaʁd/ |
gardions /ɡaʁ.djɔ̃/ |
gardiez /ɡaʁ.dje/ |
gardent /ɡaʁd/ |
| imperfect1 |
gardasse /ɡaʁ.das/ |
gardasses /ɡaʁ.das/ |
gardât /ɡaʁ.da/ |
gardassions /ɡaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ |
gardassiez /ɡaʁ.da.sje/ |
gardassent /ɡaʁ.das/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | garde /ɡaʁd/ |
— | gardons /ɡaʁ.dɔ̃/ |
gardez /ɡaʁ.de/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
garder
- Alternative form of guarder
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of garder
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | garder | avoir gardé | |||||
| gerund | en gardant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | gardant | ||||||
| past participle | gardé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | garde | gardes | garde | gardons | gardez | gardent |
| imperfect | gardois, gardoys | gardois, gardoys | gardoit, gardoyt | gardions, gardyons | gardiez, gardyez | gardoient, gardoyent | |
| past historic | garda | gardas | garda | gardasmes | gardastes | garderent | |
| future | garderai, garderay | garderas | gardera | garderons | garderez | garderont | |
| conditional | garderois, garderoys | garderois, garderoys | garderoit, garderoyt | garderions, garderyons | garderiez, garderyez | garderoient, garderoyent | |
| 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 past historic 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | garde | gardes | garde | gardons | gardez | gardent |
| imperfect | gardasse | gardasses | gardast | gardassions | gardassiez | gardassent | |
| 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 | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | garde | — | gardons | gardez | — | ||
Norman
Alternative forms
- gardaïr (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French guarder, from Frankish *wardon, equivalent to garde + -er.
Pronunciation
Verb
garder (gerund gardéthie)
Derived terms
- garder les livres (“to keep accounts”)
Old French
Verb
garder
- Alternative form of guarder
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 garder (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | garder | avoir gardé | |||||
| gerund | en gardant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | gardant | ||||||
| past participle | gardé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | gart | gardes | garde | gardons | gardez | gardent |
| imperfect | gardoie, gardeie, gardoe, gardeve | gardoies, gardeies, gardoes, gardeves | gardoit, gardeit, gardot, gardeve | gardiiens, gardiens | gardiiez, gardiez | gardoient, gardeient, gardoent, gardevent | |
| preterite | gardai | gardas | garda | gardames | gardastes | garderent | |
| future | garderai | garderas | gardera | garderons | garderoiz, gardereiz, garderez | garderont | |
| conditional | garderoie, gardereie | garderoies, gardereies | garderoit, gardereit | garderiiens, garderiens | garderiiez, garderiez | garderoient, gardereient | |
| 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 | gart | garz | gart | gardons | gardez | gardent |
| imperfect | gardasse | gardasses | gardast | gardissons, gardissiens | gardissoiz, gardissez, gardissiez | gardassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | garde | — | gardons | gardez | — | ||