carer

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɛəɹə(ɹ)/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈkɛəɹɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛərə(r)

Noun

carer (plural carers)

1. someone who looks after another, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

   Have you thought of a job as a carer for disabled people?

   He retired early to be a full-time carer for his wife / husband.

   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:

     He said Robins had not been in trouble with the law before and had no previous convictions. Jail would have an adverse effect on her and her three children as she was the main carer.

Translations

someone who looks after another

• Finnish: hoitaja (fi), omaishoitaja (fi)
• French: soignant (fr) m, soignante (fr) f
• German: Betreuer (de) m, Betreuerin (de) f
• Irish: cúramóir (ga) m, banchúramóir (ga) m (female)

• Maori: kaitiaki
• Russian: сиделка (ru) (sidélka) f , няня (ru) (njánja) f , нянька (ru) (njánʹja) f , медсестра (ru) (medsestrá) f 
• Serbo-Croatian: skrbnik (sh), staratelj (sh), njegovatelj (sh)
• Vietnamese: người giữ trẻ (vi)

Anagrams

• racer

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French

Verb

carer

1. (slang) Alternative spelling of carrer.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of carer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		carer			avoir caré
gerund		en carant			en ayant caré
present participle		carant
past participle		caré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	care	cares	care	carons	carez	carent
	imperfect	carais	carais	carait	carions	cariez	caraient
	past historic1	carai	caras	cara	carâmes	carâtes	carèrent
	future	carerai	careras	carera	carerons	carerez	careront
	conditional	carerais	carerais	carerait	carerions	careriez	careraient
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	care	cares	care	carions	cariez	carent
	imperfect1	carasse	carasses	carât	carassions	carassiez	carassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	care	—	carons	carez	—
1literary tenses

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Welsh

Verb

carer

1. impersonal subjunctive of caru
2. impersonal imperative of caru