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carer
carer
English
Noun
carer (plural carers)
- (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.
Synonyms
- care-giver (US)
Translations
someone who regularly looks after another person
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Anagrams
French
Verb
carer
- (slang) Alternative spelling of carrer
Conjugation
Conjugation of carer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | carer | avoir caré | |||||
| gerund | en carant | en ayant caré | |||||
| present participle | carant /ka.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | caré /ka.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | carai /ka.ʁe/ |
caras /ka.ʁa/ |
cara /ka.ʁa/ |
carâmes /ka.ʁam/ |
carâtes /ka.ʁat/ |
carèrent /ka.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | care /kaʁ/ |
cares /kaʁ/ |
care /kaʁ/ |
carions /ka.ʁjɔ̃/ |
cariez /ka.ʁje/ |
carent /kaʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
carasse /ka.ʁas/ |
carasses /ka.ʁas/ |
carât /ka.ʁa/ |
carassions /ka.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
carassiez /ka.ʁa.sje/ |
carassent /ka.ʁas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | care /kaʁ/ |
— | carons /ka.ʁɔ̃/ |
carez /ka.ʁe/ |
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Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkarɛr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːrɛr/
Verb
carer
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
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| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| carer | garer | ngharer | charer |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||