carder

See also: Carder

English

19th c.e. double carding machine

Etymology

From card +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɹ.dɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)
• Homophones: carter, Carter (in accents with flapping)

Noun

carder (plural carders)

1. A person employed to card wool.
2. A carding machine.
3. A criminal who steals information from credit cards.
4. (slang) A person who distributes tart cards.

Derived terms

• carder bee
• common carder bee

 

Translations

person employed to card wool

• Finnish: karstaaja (fi)

machine

• Finnish: karstauskone

Anagrams

• Crader, Redcar, red car

French

Etymology

From carde +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

carder

1. to card (use a carding machine)

Conjugation

Conjugation of carder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	carder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cardant /kaʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cardé /kaʁ.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	carde /kaʁd/	cardes /kaʁd/	carde /kaʁd/	cardons /kaʁ.dɔ̃/	cardez /kaʁ.de/	cardent /kaʁd/
	imperfect	cardais /kaʁ.dɛ/	cardais /kaʁ.dɛ/	cardait /kaʁ.dɛ/	cardions /kaʁ.djɔ̃/	cardiez /kaʁ.dje/	cardaient /kaʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	cardai /kaʁ.de/	cardas /kaʁ.da/	carda /kaʁ.da/	cardâmes /kaʁ.dam/	cardâtes /kaʁ.dat/	cardèrent /kaʁ.dɛʁ/
	future	carderai /kaʁ.də.ʁe/	carderas /kaʁ.də.ʁa/	cardera /kaʁ.də.ʁa/	carderons /kaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/	carderez /kaʁ.də.ʁe/	carderont /kaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	carderais /kaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	carderais /kaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	carderait /kaʁ.də.ʁɛ/	carderions /kaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/	carderiez /kaʁ.də.ʁje/	carderaient /kaʁ.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	carde /kaʁd/	cardes /kaʁd/	carde /kaʁd/	cardions /kaʁ.djɔ̃/	cardiez /kaʁ.dje/	cardent /kaʁd/
	imperfect2	cardasse /kaʁ.das/	cardasses /kaʁ.das/	cardât /kaʁ.da/	cardassions /kaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/	cardassiez /kaʁ.da.sje/	cardassent /kaʁ.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	carde /kaʁd/	—	cardons /kaʁ.dɔ̃/	cardez /kaʁ.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• cardage

Further reading

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