garder

From garde, from French garde (“guard”).

garder c (singular definite garderen, plural indefinite gardere)

1. guardsman (member of a guard)

• gardist

garder c

1. indefinite plural of garde

garder (Neuchâtelois)

1. Alternative form of gouardar (“to guard”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*wardôn”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 17: Germanismes: S–Z, page 510

Inherited from Middle French garder, from Old French guarder, from Early Medieval Latin wardāre. Cognate to English ward.

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.de/

• Audio:

  (file)

garder

1. (transitive) to keep; to retain; to store; to save

   garder les yeux ouverts ― to keep eyes open

   Elle a le droit de garder secrètes la plupart de ses caractéristiques.

   She has the right to keep most of her characteristics secret.

2. (transitive) to guard

   Ils gardent le bâtiment. ― They guard the building.

3. (pronominal) to be careful (de faire not to do)

   il se garde de dire n’importe quoi. ― He is careful not to say anything.

• garde
• garderie
• gardien

• “garder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Gérard
• regard

• guarder

Inherited from Old French guarder.

garder

1. to protect, guard

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

• French: garder

• gardaïr (Guernsey)

Inherited from Old French guarder, form Early Medieval Latin wardāre.

• Audio (Jersey):

  (file)

garder (gerund gardéthie)

1. (Jersey, transitive) to keep
2. (Jersey, transitive) to babysit

• garder les livres (“to keep accounts”)

garder m

1. indefinite plural of gard

garder

1. Alternative form of guarder

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.