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garde.

a watch, guard

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡaʁd/
  1. a watch, guard

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
  2. a battalion responsible for guarding, defending a sovereign, a prince, more generally, of an elite corps.

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
  3. sentry service performed by soldiers.

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
  4. soldiers doing the sentry service

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
  5. any person who performs regular service on a rotating basis.

    by-personal-gender · feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited 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/ɡaʁd/
  1. a handle (of a weapon)

    feminine
  2. a protection (act of protecting)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from garder.

verb/ɡaʁd/
  1. inflection of garder: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of garder: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

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