carer

English

Etymology

care +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɛəɹə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɛəɹɚ/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛərə(r)

Noun

carer (plural carers)

  1. (Britain, 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:
      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.

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French

Verb

carer

  1. (slang) Alternative spelling of carrer

Conjugation
Conjugation of carer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle carant
/ka.ʁɑ̃/
past participle caré
/ka.ʁe/
infinitive
simple carer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple carant
/ka.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

carer

  1. (literary) impersonal subjunctive of caru
  2. (literary) impersonal imperative of caru

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
carer garer ngharer charer
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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