regarder

English

Etymology

From regard +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

regarder (plural regarders)

1. (chiefly British, archaic) An official responsible for monitoring woodlands and forest areas and reporting to the court of regard.
2. A person who regards something or someone.

Derived terms

• sneaking regarder

References

• regarder in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
• “regarder”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• 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/

• Audio:

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Verb

regarder

1. (transitive) to look at

   Tu regardes quoi ?

   What are you looking 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.

     I wish loving you was easy; or maybe I just wish you would look at me the way you used to look at me.

2. (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.

3. (transitive) to face
4. (transitive) to concern (be associated with)

   Synonym: concerner

   Ça ne vous regarde pas.

   That's none of your business. ("That doesn't concern you.")

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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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

• 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

1. to look at
2. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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

1. 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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	regarde	—	regardons	regardez	—