carer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛərə(r)
Noun
carer (plural carers)
- (UK, Australia) Someone who regularly looks after another person, 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”, in Guardian[1]:
- 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.
Synonyms
- caregiver (US, Canada)
Translations
someone who regularly looks after another person
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Anagrams
French
Verb
carer
Conjugation
Conjugation of carer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | carer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | carant /ka.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | caré /ka.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | care /kaʁ/ |
cares /kaʁ/ |
care /kaʁ/ |
carons /ka.ʁɔ̃/ |
carez /ka.ʁe/ |
carent /kaʁ/ |
imperfect | carais /ka.ʁɛ/ |
carais /ka.ʁɛ/ |
carait /ka.ʁɛ/ |
carions /ka.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cariez /ka.ʁje/ |
caraient /ka.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | carai /ka.ʁe/ |
caras /ka.ʁa/ |
cara /ka.ʁa/ |
carâmes /ka.ʁam/ |
carâtes /ka.ʁat/ |
carèrent /ka.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | carerai /ka.ʁə.ʁe/ |
careras /ka.ʁə.ʁa/ |
carera /ka.ʁə.ʁa/ |
carerons /ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
carerez /ka.ʁə.ʁe/ |
careront /ka.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | carerais /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
carerais /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
carerait /ka.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
carerions /ka.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
careriez /ka.ʁə.ʁje/ |
careraient /ka.ʁə.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 | care /kaʁ/ |
cares /kaʁ/ |
care /kaʁ/ |
carions /ka.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cariez /ka.ʁje/ |
carent /kaʁ/ |
imperfect2 | carasse /ka.ʁas/ |
carasses /ka.ʁas/ |
carât /ka.ʁa/ |
carassions /ka.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
carassiez /ka.ʁa.sje/ |
carassent /ka.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | care /kaʁ/ |
— | carons /ka.ʁɔ̃/ |
carez /ka.ʁe/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “carer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Welsh
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "cy-S" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkaːrɛr/, /ˈkarɛr/
Verb
carer
- (literary) impersonal subjunctive of caru
- (literary) impersonal imperative of caru
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