guère

See also: guere

French

Etymology

From Old French gaire, from Frankish *waigaro (“a lot”). Compare Catalan gaire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛʁ/

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• Homophones: guerre, guerres
• Hyphenation: guère

Adverb

guère

1. (chiefly with "ne") hardly, barely

   Pour me réchauffer, il n’y a guère qu’un pot de thé. ― To warm myself up, the only thing is a pot of tea.

   Je ne vais guère mieux. ― I’m not much better.

See also

• à peine

Further reading

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

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Picard

Alternative forms

• dgère (Nord and Pas-de-Calais)

Etymology

From Late Latin werra. Compare Bourguignon guârre, gârre, French guerre, Norman gùerre, dgèrre, djère.

Noun

guère f (plural guères)

1. (Nord and Pas-de-Calais) war