carer
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA(key): /ˈkɛəɹə(ɹ)/
- (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɹɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛəɹə(ɹ)
Noun edit
carer (plural carers)
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong) 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[1]:
- 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.
- '2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 211:
- Her business was a one-woman outfit that offered accredited first-aid training courses for teachers, carers, sports coaches, antenatal classes, workplace groups, and the police; the classes ranged from basic defibrillator training to what was now called psychological first aid.
Synonyms edit
- caregiver (US, Canada)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
someone who regularly looks after another person
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French edit
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Verb edit
carer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of carer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | carer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | carant /ka.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | caré /ka.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | 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 | – | – | – | ||||
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 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
carer
Mutation edit
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. |