garde

See also: Garde, gardé, gärde, and gårde

English

Noun

garde (plural gardes)

1. Obsolete form of guard.

Verb

1. Obsolete form of guard.

Anagrams

• Adger, Degar, EDGAR, Edgar, Gerda, grade, radge, raged

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Czech

Noun

garde n

1. chaperon, chaperone

Related terms

• gardedáma f

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French garde.

Noun

garde c (singular definite garden, plural indefinite garder)

1. guard

Inflection

Declension of garde

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	garde	garden	garder	garderne
genitive	gardes	gardens	garders	gardernes

Derived terms

• den gamle garde
• den lette garde
• garden
• garder
• gardere
• garderobe
• gardist

 

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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 or f (plural gardes)

1. watch, guard

Derived terms

• garde du corps

Etymology 2

Deverbal from garder.

Noun

garde f (plural gardes)

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

garde

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

Derived terms

• garde-fou
• garde-manger

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Edgar
• égard

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Galician

Verb

garde

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

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Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• gard, guarde

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.

Related terms

• gardein
• savegard

Descendants

• English: guard
• Scots: gaird

References

• “gard(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-16.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse garðr.

Noun

garde

1. Alternative form of garth

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Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French guarde, of Germanic origins.

Noun

garde f (plural gardes)

1. (Jersey) guard

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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