garde

See also: Garde, gardé, gärde, and gårde

English

Noun

garde (plural gardes)

  1. Obsolete form of guard.

Verb

garde (third-person singular simple present gardes, present participle garding, simple past and past participle garded)

  1. Obsolete form of guard.

Anagrams

Czech

Noun

garde n

  1. chaperon, chaperone

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French garde.

Noun

garde c (singular definite garden, plural indefinite garder)

  1. guard

Inflection

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaʁd/
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Etymology 1

From Old French guarde, from the verb guarder (or less likely directly from Frankish *warda), from Frankish *wardōn (“to protect”). Compare Italian guardia, Spanish guarda. Cognate with English ward.

Noun

garde m, f (plural gardes)

  1. watch, guard

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Deverbal of garder.

Noun

garde f (plural gardes)

  1. handle (of a weapon)
  2. protection (act of protecting)

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

garde

  1. first-person singular present indicative of garder
  2. third-person singular present indicative of garder
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of garder
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of garder
  5. second-person singular imperative of garder

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

garde

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of gardar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of gardar

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French guarde, from guarder. Doublet of ward.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡard(ə)/, /ˈɡaːrd(ə)/

Noun

garde (plural gardes)

  1. guardianship, safeguarding, covering, authority
  2. (rare) A company of guardians or wardens.
  3. (rare) A portion of a set of armour.

Descendants

  • English: guard
  • Scots: gaird

References

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French guarde, of Germanic origins.

Noun

garde f (plural gardes)

  1. (Jersey) guard

Etymology 2

Verb

garde

  1. first-person singular present indicative of garder
  2. third-person singular present indicative of garder
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of garder
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of garder
  5. second-person singular imperative of garder
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