égarer

French

Etymology

Old French esgarer, from Frankish *warôn

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.ɡɑ.ʁe/
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Verb

égarer

  1. (transitive) to misplace
    La dernière fois que je l'avais vu, il avait égaré ses clefs.
    Last time I saw him he had misplaced his keys.
  2. (transitive) to mislead, misinform
  3. (reflexive) to get lost, go astray, to lose one's way; to wander
    Ils se sont égarés dans la forêt.
    They got lost in the forest.

Conjugation
Conjugation of égarer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle égarant
/e.ɡɑ.ʁɑ̃/
past participle égaré
/e.ɡɑ.ʁe/
infinitive
simple égarer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple égarant
/e.ɡɑ.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 égare
/e.ɡɑʁ/		 égares
/e.ɡɑʁ/		 égare
/e.ɡɑʁ/		 égarons
/e.ɡɑ.ʁɔ̃/		 égarez
/e.ɡɑ.ʁe/		 égarent
/e.ɡɑʁ/
imperfect égarais
/e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/		 égarais
/e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/		 égarait
/e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/		 égarions
/e.ɡɑ.ʁjɔ̃/		 égariez
/e.ɡɑ.ʁje/		 égaraient
/e.ɡɑ.ʁɛ/
past historic2 égarai
/e.ɡɑ.ʁe/		 égaras
/e.ɡɑ.ʁa/		 égara
/e.ɡɑ.ʁa/		 égarâmes
/e.ɡɑ.ʁam/		 égarâtes
/e.ɡɑ.ʁat/		 égarèrent
/e.ɡɑ.ʁɛʁ/
future égarerai
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁe/		 égareras
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁa/		 égarera
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁa/		 égarerons
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 égarerez
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁe/		 égareront
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional égarerais
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 égarerais
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 égarerait
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 égarerions
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 égareriez
/e.ɡɑ.ʁə.ʁje/		 égareraient
/e.ɡɑ.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 égare
/e.ɡɑʁ/		 égares
/e.ɡɑʁ/		 égare
/e.ɡɑʁ/		 égarions
/e.ɡɑ.ʁjɔ̃/		 égariez
/e.ɡɑ.ʁje/		 égarent
/e.ɡɑʁ/
imperfect2 égarasse
/e.ɡɑ.ʁas/		 égarasses
/e.ɡɑ.ʁas/		 égarât
/e.ɡɑ.ʁa/		 égarassions
/e.ɡɑ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 égarassiez
/e.ɡɑ.ʁa.sje/		 égarassent
/e.ɡɑ.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — égare
/e.ɡɑʁ/		 — égarons
/e.ɡɑ.ʁɔ̃/		 égarez
/e.ɡɑ.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).

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